- Date
- June 5, 1984, 11:40 local (15:40 UTC)
- Place
- Rehoboth Beach, DE
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5870VPiper PA-32R
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840605054949A
- Case key
- 35675
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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
Based on erroneous information PIC assumed road construction was work to pave grass strip. He landed on a road being constructed in a housing expansion area. During landing roll the left main gear broke off after contacting a dirt mound.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5870V
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32R
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 32R7780-370
- Airframe hours
- 1,937
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-K1G5D, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Hagerstown Reg. Aero Club
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 28, 1983
- Departed
- N68 · Chambersburg, PA
- Destination
- REH · Rehoboth Beach, PA
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- REH · Rehoboth Beach, runway 30, 2,790 × 150 ft, grass/turf
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
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,088 total · 14 in this make and model · 1,883 as pilot in command · 18 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 90 °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.