- Date
- December 28, 1983, 23:56 local (Dec 29, 1983, 04:56 UTC)
- Place
- West Mifflin, PA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N14360Piper PA-23-250
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19831228064919A
- Case key
- 35485
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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
During the cockpit preflight the plt noticed an unsafe nose gear indication. The plt checked the nose gear & could see nothing unusual, & concluded that there was a faulty indicating system. During rotation the nose gear collapsed & this acft slid down the runway. After the accident the acft was placed on jacks & no malfunctions of the landing gear system was found. However, the nose gear leg, braces, & locking mechanism was found heavily coated with grease & sand.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N14360
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23-250
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 27-7304945
- Airframe hours
- 7,365
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-C4B5, 235 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Columbus Air Transport
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 19, 1983
- Destination
- Burke Lakefront, OH
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- AGC · Allegheny County, runway 28, 6,500 × 150 ft, concrete
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
- 34
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,941 total · 110 in this make and model · 3,691 as pilot in command · 80 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 150° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 28 °F, dew point 16 °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.