# NTSB SEA84LA018: Piper PA-22-125, N885A, Bandon, OR, November 5, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: November 5, 1983, 10:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place: Bandon, OR
- Coordinates: 43.050804, -124.359436 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.0508&lon=-124.3594&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 2 minor
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 39849
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA84LA018
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/39849/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA84LA018

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - emergency procedure - simulated, pilot in command(cfi) (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - unfavorable wind (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - gusts (contributing factor)
  - compensation for wind conditions - improper, dual student (cause)
  - supervision - inadequate, pilot in command(cfi) (cause)
- Gear collapsed, landing - flare/touchdown
  - landing gear - overload (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE PLT & A FLT INSTRUCTOR (CFI) WERE ON A LOCAL FLT FOR A BIENNIAL FLT REVIEW. DURING A SIMULATED FORCED LANDING, THE ACFT WAS ALLOWED TO DEVELOP A HIGH RATE OF SINK. THE CFI STATED THAT THEY ENCOUNTERED A LOW LEVEL WIND SHEAR NEAR THE RWY & TOUCHED DOWN HARD. THE NOSE & LEFT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED DURING IMPACT & THE LEFT WING WAS DAMAGED. BOTH PLTS REPORTED THE WINDS WERE FROM THE SOUTH AT 20, GUSTING 30 KTS.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N885A (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-22-125
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 22-205
- Airframe hours: 3182
- Engines: LYCOMING O-290-D 125 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Registered owner: Dennis Fenton
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, October 10, 1983, 1 hours before
- Airport: SO5, Bandon State, runway 16, 2,595 × 50 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 49; commercial, flight instructor; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine sea, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, expired; seat: left; flight hours: 9,420 total, 180 in this make and model, 479 as pilot in command, 244 in the last 90 days, 6 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 160° at 7 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 9,000 ft overcast
- Temperature: 50 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: OTH, 22 nm away

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19831105056579A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831105056579A), Nov 5, 1983: Piper PA22, Bandon, OR, Substantial damage. Hard landing was made during simulated forced landing on biennial flight review.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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