- Date
- November 8, 1986, 18:30 local (Nov 9, 1986, 02:30 UTC)
- Place
- Bremerton, WA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4323NPiper PA-46-310-P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report April 25, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19861108074169A
- Case key
- 40589
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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.
Airframe/component/system failure/malfunction
Landing gear,nose gear assembly - failure,partialCause
Acft/equip,inadequate designCause
Insufficient standards/requirements,airmanCause
Loss of control - on ground/water
Directional control - not possibleFactor
Ground loop/swerve - uncontrolledCause
Nose gear collapsed
On ground/water encounter with terrain/water
Analysis
The nose gear did not turn the full 90 degrees prior to locking for landing. When the aircraft's nose was lowered during landing roll this caused the aircraft to veer to the side of the runway. The nose gear had become stiff due to the fact that the manufacturer had not provided any method to lubricate the trunion.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4323N
- Reported as
- Piper PA-46-310-P (PA-46-310-)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 46-8408011
- Airframe hours
- 619
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-BE, 310 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- James Curtis
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · October 2, 1986
- Departed
- BFI · Seattle, WA
- Destination
- PWT · Bremerton, WA
- Airport
- PWT · Ktsap, runway 1, 5,000 × 150 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 29
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 850 total · 460 in this make and model · 680 as pilot in command · 15 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 34 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.