- Date
- October 1, 1982, 13:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place
- Mattawa, WA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N57608Piper PA-36
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 1, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19821001050349A
- Case key
- 71608
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
Loss of control - on ground/water
Terrain condition - softFactor
Unsuitable terrain or takeoff/landing/taxi area - selectedCause
Directional control - not possible
Ground loop/swerve - uncontrolled
Main gear collapsed
Landing gear,main gear - overload
Analysis
While landing on a farm road to pick up seed, the left main gear encountered a soft area on the left side of the roadway. The aircraft began drifting to the left and would not respond to the use of right rudder and brake. It traversed a recently-filled ditch. As the right gear encountered the soft surface, it collapsed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N57608
- Reported as
- Piper PA-36
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 36-760008
- Airframe hours
- 1,760
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-720-A1B, 400 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 137
- Operator
- Sun Air, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Sun Air, Inc.
- Departed
- Royal City, WA
- Destination
- Royal City, WA
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 35
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 7,465 total · 350 in this make and model · 7,173 as pilot in command · 255 in the last 90 days · 75 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Temperature
- 140 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.