- Date
- May 1, 1982, 11:45 local (15:45 UTC)
- Place
- Farmingdale, NY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8355PPiper PA-24-250
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 1, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820501015609A
- Case key
- 70670
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Hard landing
Weather condition - gustsFactor
Compensation for wind conditions - improperCause
Gear collapsed
Landing gear - overloadFactor
Analysis
The pilot stated that a gust of wind caught the left wing of the aircraft during landing. This resulted in a hard landing and the collapse of the right main and nose gear.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8355P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24-250
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 24-3580
- Airframe hours
- 1,497
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540-A1D5, 250 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Betty Klaire
- Registered owner
- Betty Klaire
- Departed
- Mt. Pocono, PA
- Destination
- Farmingdale, NY
- Airport
- FRG · Farmingdale, runway 32, 6,826 × 150 ft, asphalt
N8355PRegistered now · Piper PA-24-250Airframe modelPiper PA-24-250Engine modelLycoming 0-540 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 52
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 620 total · 250 in this make and model · 237 as pilot in command · 150 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.