- Date
- October 17, 1982, 11:00 local (15:00 UTC)
- Place
- Allentown, PA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7518YPiper PA-30
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 17, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19821017056799A
- Case key
- 69743
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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.
Analysis
The pilot stated that while practicing touch-and-go landings he encountered turbulence during a touchdown. When he aborted the takeoff segment the aircraft departed the runway and the landing gear collapsed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7518Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-30
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 30-583
- Airframe hours
- 2,422
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-320-B1A, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Richard K. White
- Registered owner
- Richard K. White
- Departed
- 1N9 · Allentown, PA
- Destination
- 1N9 · Allentown, PA
- Airport
- 1N9 · Queen City, runway 32, 3,450 × 150 ft, asphalt
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
- 67
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 2,456 total · 2,456 in this make and model · 2,200 as pilot in command · 6 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 320° at 14 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Temperature
- 115 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N7518Y · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.