- Date
- September 4, 1984, 21:35 local (Sep 5, 1984, 01:35 UTC)
- Place
- Monticello, NY
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4363TPiper PA-28R-200
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840904070359A
- Case key
- 35761
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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
According to the plt, he was flying instrument approaches to touch and go landings and neglected to extend the landing gear. The automatic gear extension system extended the left main gear before the acft landed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4363T
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28R-200
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 287235017
- Airframe hours
- 1,295
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-C1C, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Gildick Auto Wrecksperts
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · July 18, 1984
- Airport
- MSV · Sullivan Co., runway 33, 6,300 × 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
- 61
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 443 total · 110 in this make and model · 398 as pilot in command · 8 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Visibility
- 25 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.