- Date
- June 26, 1987, 18:20 local (22:20 UTC)
- Place
- Doylestown, PA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N14HRPiper PA-60
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 27, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870626033799A
- Case key
- 30684
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Upon landing, the flight encountered standing water on the runway and the aircraft hydroplaned veering right of the centerline. The main landing gear collapsed causing substantial damage. The acft went off the rt side of the rwy after 2839 ft of roll and collided with a rwy light and a VASI light.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N14HR
- Reported as
- Piper PA-60
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 61P-0479-193
- Airframe hours
- 2,821
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540, 290 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Executive/Corporate · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Executive Aircraft Leasing
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 1, 1987
- Departed
- Akron, OH
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- N88 · Doylestown, runway 23, 3,000 × 50 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
- 36
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 5,700 total · 525 in this make and model · 5,000 as pilot in command · 112 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 230° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Temperature
- 84 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N14HR · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.