- Date
- August 17, 1991, 07:45 local (11:45 UTC)
- Place
- Montauk, NY
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4368WPiper PA-32-301
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 27, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910817034759A
- Case key
- 36992
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Probable cause
The pilot made a hard landing, resulting in the main landing gear collapsing. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's interpretation of the wind conditions, misjudgment of the flare causing the airplane to balloon and stall.
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
The pilot said he flared the airplane and a gust of wind from the left and rear of the airplane caused the nose to rise. The airplane landed hard on the 3000 foot runway causing the left main gear to collapse and penetrate through the wing. The pilot could not control the direction of the ariplane and it departed the runway. The pilot stated in his accident report that the wind was zero.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4368W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32-301
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 32-8406016
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-G5, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Three Wing Flying Service,Inc.
- Registered owner
- Unk
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Unknown · January 2, 2000
- Departed
- BDR · Bridgeport, CT
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- MTP · Montauk, runway 6, 3,000 × 85 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 42
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 446 total · 25 in this make and model · 323 as pilot in command · 2 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 3 statute miles
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 72 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.