- Date
- June 14, 1996, 10:45 local (17:45 UTC)
- Place
- Aurora, OR
- Injuries
- 6 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N67SAPiper PA-34-200T
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 28, 1997
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19960614038479A
- Case key
- 42398
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Probable cause
inadvertent retraction of the landing gear by the pilot during landing.
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
Immediately after touchdown, the right main and nose landing gear collapsed. The airplane slid down the runway, causing substantial damage, and then the left landing gear collapsed. No evidence was found by investigators of a mechanical malfunction.
Factual narrative
On June 14, 1996, approximately 1045 Pacific daylight time, N67SA, a Piper PA-34-200T, sustained substantial damage when the landing gear collapsed after landing at Aurora Sate Airport, Aurora, Oregon. The private pilot and his five passengers were uninjured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. No flight plan was filed for the flight, which had originated at Bend, Oregon, about 0945. There was no report of the ELT actuating.
The pilot stated that immediately after touchdown the right main and nose gear collapsed. The aircraft slid down the runway and exited the runway to the right. The left landing gear collapsed and the aircraft stopped forward motion.
No evidence of a mechanical malfunction was found by investigators.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N67SA
- Reported as
- Piper PA-34-200T
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 34-7970358
- Airframe hours
- 2,446
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-360-EB, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Horizon Industries
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 31, 1996 · 50 hours before
- Departed
- S07 · Bend, OR
- Destination
- 3S2
- Airport
- 3S2 · Aurora, runway 17, 5,000 × 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
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 289 total · 21 in this make and model · 231 as pilot in command · 7 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.