- Date
- July 23, 1982, 11:45 local (15:45 UTC)
- Place
- Westhampton Bea, NY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N26005Piper PA-38-112
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 23, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820723041439I
- Case key
- 73018
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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.
Main gear collapsed
Landing gear,main gear strut - failure,totalCause
Landing gear,main gear strut - overload
Analysis
While taxiing in from landing during a left turn, the right main landing gear collapsed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N26005
- Reported as
- Piper PA-38-112
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 38-81A0092
- Airframe hours
- 606
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 112 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Perry'S Flying Service, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Perry'S Flying Service, Inc.
- Departed
- FOK · Westhampton Bea, NY
- Destination
- FOK · Westhampton Bea, NY
- Airport
- FOK · Suffolk Co., runway 33, 5,000 × 150 ft, concrete
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 28
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 60 total · 60 in this make and model · 18 as pilot in command · 12 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 18 statute miles
- Temperature
- 162 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.