Piper PA-24 N9128P

Summary

On 9 September 1984 at about 17:00 local time, a Piper PA-24 registered N9128P was involved in an accident near Kerrville, Texas, United States. 4 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

9 September 1984 at 17:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Kerrville, Texas, United States

Nearest airport

Schreiner (ERV)

Coordinates

30.0395, -99.1300

Aircraft

Piper PA-24

Registration

N9128P

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Business

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Carrizo Springs → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

FTW84LA410

Nobody was injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

PLT STATED THAT AFTER FAILING TO GET A 'GEAR DOWN' LIGHT, HE CYCLED GEAR WITH NO SUCCESS IN OBTAINING A LIGHT AND RECEIVED NO RESPONSE TO CALL ON UNICOM FREQUENCY FOR VISUAL CHECK FROM GROUND. PLT STATED HE ELECTED TO LAND ANYWAY AND THAT NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED ON NORMAL TOUCHDOWN. WITNESS (LINEMAN) STATED NO CALL WAS RECEIVED ON UNICOM FREQUENCY. HE OBSERVED THE ACFT IN THE PATTERN AND THE GEAR APPEARED TO BE DOWN. WITNESS FURTHER STATED HE OBSERVED THE ACFT LAND ON THE MAIN GEAR AND WHEN THE NOSE GEAR WAS LOWERED TO RUNWAY SURFACE IT COLLAPSED AS THE NOSE REBOUNDED AND THE ACFT BOUNCED SEVERAL FEET INTO THE AIR. THE ACFT TOUCHED DOWN AND BOUNCED TWICE MORE BEFORE REMAINING ON GROUND. INSPECTION REVEALED SUBSTANTIAL OVERLOAD DAMAGE TO NOSE GEAR STRUCTURAL ATTACHMENT AND ACFT TAIL SKID DRIVEN UP INTO LOWER FUSELAGE.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.