- Date
- May 28, 1984, 11:30 local (15:30 UTC)
- Place
- South Kingston, RI
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N68TCessna C190
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840528019229A
- Case key
- 35667
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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
Proper touchdown point - exceededCause
Go-around - delayedCause
Terrain condition - high vegetationFactor
Analysis
Anticipating deteriorating weather conditions, the pilot decided to land at an unfamiliar airstrip. He landed long and had commenced a go-around but the landing gear caught in swamp growth and collapsed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N68T
- Reported as
- Cessna C190
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 7171
- Airframe hours
- 2,798
- Engine
- Continental W-670-23, 240 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Floyd C. Peterson
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 17, 1984
- Departed
- Oaks Bluff, MA
- Destination
- Ansonia, CT
- Airport
- Unk, runway 9, grass/turf
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 58
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,300 total · 1,300 in this make and model · 10 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 320° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.