# NTSB SEA89LA008: Piper PA-34-200T, N75107, Cashmere, WA, October 6, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: October 5, 1988, 18:10 local (Oct 6, 1988, 01:10 UTC)
- Place: Cashmere, WA
- Coordinates: 47.549152, -120.479743 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.5492&lon=-120.4797&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 4 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report September 11, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 40948
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA89LA008
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/40948/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA89LA008

## Analysis

PLT LANDED SHORT OF HARD SURFACE, COLLAPSING LNDG GEAR.

## Sequence of events

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

- Undershoot, landing - flare/touchdown
  - planned approach - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - proper touchdown point - not attained, pilot in command (cause)
- Complete gear collapsed, landing - flare/touchdown
  - landing gear,main gear - overload

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N75107](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N75107-1991-10-17), registration cancelled 1991-10-17, S/N 347670223 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-34-200T
- Registry model: [Piper PA-34-200T](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200t) (registry code 7103406) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 347670223
- Airframe hours: 3028
- Engines: CONTINENTAL TSI0-360-E 200 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Dolphin Leasing Co.
- Registered owner: Dolsen Leasing Co.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: YAK, YAKIMA, WA
- Airport: 8S2, Cashmere, runway 25, 1,800 × 50 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 23; flight instructor, commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine sea, multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 420 total, 39 in this make and model, 292 as pilot in command, 113 in the last 90 days, 62 in the last 30 days, 5 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 100° at 8 knots
- Visibility: 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 72 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: EAT, 14 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 19881005048459A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881005048459A), Oct 5, 1988: Piper PA34200T, Cashmere, WA, Substantial damage. Landed short of the hard surface runway. Impact collapsed left gear and caused other damage.

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

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