- Date
- May 17, 1983, 22:40 local (May 18, 1983, 02:40 UTC)
- Place
- Teterboro, NJ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N2308TPiper PA-28R-200
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830517019779A
- Case key
- 35186
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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.
On ground/water collision with object
Clearance - not maintainedCause
Main gear collapsed
Landing gear,main gear - overload
Analysis
Acft collided with taxiway sign collapsing the right landing gear.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2308T
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28R-200
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Fire
- Unknown
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Kimberly Aviation Leasing Corp
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Airport
- TEB · Teterboro
N2308TRegistered now · Piper PA-28R-200Airframe modelPiper PA-28R-200Engine modelLycoming I0360 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
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Unknown, Unknown
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- 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.