- Date
- September 29, 1990, 15:45 local (22:45 UTC)
- Place
- Albany, OR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N22450Piper PA-32RT-300T
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 9, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900929043309A
- Case key
- 41289
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Probable cause
The pilot's decision to land with a strong tailwind resulted in the collapse of the landing gear.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
At the end of a cross country flight, the pilot approached the runway with a 15-20 knot tailwind. The airplane touched down just past mid-field and did not have sufficient rwy to stop. The pilot attempted to turn the airplane off the runway; however, the landing gear collapsed. There were no reported mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane at the time of the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N22450
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32RT-300T (PA-32RT-30)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 32R-7887261
- Engine
- Lycoming TIO-540-S1AD, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Simpson, Gary R.
- Departed
- L67 · Rialto, CA
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- S12 · Albany, runway 16, 3,000 × 75 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
- 39
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Expired
- Flight hours
- 525 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 10° at 12 knots
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SLE, 17 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.