- Date
- March 12, 1985, 18:10 local (Mar 13, 1985, 02:10 UTC)
- Place
- Fish Lake Valle, NV
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2965APiper PA-32-300
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850312009809A
- Case key
- 40132
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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
During landing roll the acft veered sharply to the left and struck an irrigation sprinkling system. The operator discovered that the valve stem to the tire had broken and the plt had landed with a flat tire.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2965A
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32-300
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 327940236
- Airframe hours
- 1,480
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-K1G5, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Registered owner
- Desert Southwest Airlines
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · February 7, 1985
- Departed
- P53 · Cottonwood Land, AZ
- Destination
- 9CA6 · Fish Lake Valle, NV
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- 9CA6 · North Valley
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
- 64
- Certificates
- Commercial, Airline transport, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 24,682 total · 154 in this make and model · 18,751 as pilot in command · 113 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.