- Date
- August 27, 1983, 13:20 local (20:20 UTC)
- Place
- Burlington, WA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7650KPiper PA-20
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830827057819A
- Case key
- 39762
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.
Analysis
The acft groundlooped after the main landing gear collapsed during landing. Investigation revealed that the main landinggear tubing failed after being weakened by corrosion inside the tube.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7650K
- Reported as
- Piper PA-20
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 20-471
- Engine
- Lycoming O-290, 135 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- George W. Frye
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Unknown · March 12, 1983
- Departed
- EAT · Wenatchee, WA
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- 75S · Bay View, runway 28, 5,364 × 250 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
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Unknown
- Seat
- Right
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 20 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.
Other investigations on N7650K · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.