Piper PA-28R-201T N6166H

Summary

On 6 August 1985 at about 13:40 local time, a Piper PA-28R-201T registered N6166H, operated by TRI State Aviation, Inc., was involved in an accident near Hesperia, California, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

6 August 1985 at 13:40

Classification

Accident

Location

Hesperia, California, United States

Nearest airport

Hesperia Air Lodge (L26)

Coordinates

34.3591, -117.3196

Aircraft

Piper PA-28R-201T

Registration

N6166H

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

TRI State Aviation, Inc.

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Bakersfield → Hesperia

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

LAX85LA341

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

UPON COMPLETING A X-C FLT, THE PLT PLACED THE LANDING GEAR SELECTOR IN THE DOWN POSITION, & THEREAFTER OBSERVED 'THREE IN THE GREEN.' THE PLT REPORTED THAT THE ACFT TOUCHED DOWN NORMALLY, & AS WEIGHT PLACED ONTO THE GEAR THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR RETRACTED. THE ACFT VEERED OFF TH RWY & SLID TO A STOP. THE LANDING GEAR & GEAR RETARACT SYSTEM WERE SUBSEQUENTLY EXAMINED. THEY WERE FOUND TO OPERATE NORMALLY, & APPEARED TO BE UNDAMAGED. THE REASON FOR THE RIGHT GEAR'S RETRACTION WAS NOT DETERMINED.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.