- Date
- February 9, 1984, 19:10 local (Feb 10, 1984, 03:10 UTC)
- Place
- Burns, OR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N16333Piper PA-34-200
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840209003659A
- Case key
- 39874
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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
On departure the pilot heard a thumping noise from the undercarriage and the landing gear position lights went out. He executed a visual return and approach to a precautionary landing. During the landing roll, the left main gear collapsed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N16333
- Reported as
- Piper PA-34-200
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 34-7350128
- Airframe hours
- 2,667
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Registered owner
- Vernon And Gordon Goheen
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · January 11, 1984 · 22 hours before
- Destination
- RDM · Redmond, OR
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- BNO · Burns Municipal, runway 12, 5,100 × 150 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
- 24
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,264 total · 25 in this make and model · 1,100 as pilot in command · 50 in the last 90 days · 18 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 2 statute miles
- Temperature
- 34 °F, dew point 25 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.