- Date
- April 15, 1989, 13:10 local (17:10 UTC)
- Place
- W.Mifflin, PA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8468HPiper PA-34-220T
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 24, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890415063499A
- Case key
- 36397
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Probable cause
The improper level off of the aircraft by the pilot which resulted in a hard landing and subsequent gear collapse.
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
Both the nose gear and the left main gear collapsed during landing. Damage to the left wing and nose section of the airplane indicated that a hard landing was made.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8468H
- Reported as
- Piper PA-34-220T
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 34-8233038
- Airframe hours
- 3,057
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-360-K8, 220 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Executive/Corporate · Part 91
- Operator
- Carlin Investiment Co.
- Registered owner
- Carlin Investment Co.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Unknown · January 4, 1989 · 93 hours before
- Departed
- CMH · Columbus, OH
- Destination
- AGC · W.Mifflin, PA
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- AGC · Allegheny Co., runway 25, 5,000 × 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
- 49
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 4,202 total · 24 in this make and model · 1,529 as pilot in command · 89 in the last 90 days · 58 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 200° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 4,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 48 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N8468H · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.