Piper PA-34-22OT N8387X

Summary

On 17 July 1983 at about 14:01 local time, a Piper PA-34-22OT registered N8387X, operated by Atlantic Executive, was involved in an accident near Atlanta, Georgia, United States. 5 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

17 July 1983 at 14:01

Classification

Accident

Location

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Nearest airport

Dekalb-Peachtree (PDK)

Coordinates

33.8995, -84.2993

Aircraft

Piper PA-34-22OT

Registration

N8387X

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Atlantic Executive

Operating rule

Part 135: Air Taxi & Commuter

Purpose of flight

Unknown

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Unknown → New Bern

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

IMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ATL83FA282

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

THE ACFT WAS ON A TAKEOFF ROLL WHEN THE LEFT MAIN AND NOSE GEAR RETRACTED. INVESTIGATION REVEALED A FLT SWITCH FOR THE HOBBS METER HAD BEEN INSTALLED TO AUTOMATICALLY RECORD ONLY FLT TIME WHEN THE SWITCH WAS IN THE FLT POSITION. IN THIS POSTION THE HOBBS METER WAS TIED IN TO THE WEIGHT ON THE ACFT WHEELS. THE SWITCH HAD RECENTLY BEEN MODIFIED AND THIS WAS THE FIRST FLT WITH THE SWITCH IN THE FLT POSITION. DURING A TEST AFTER THE ACCIDENT THE GEAR RETRACTED IN THIS POSITION EVEN WITH THE GEAR HANDLE DOWN. NO TEST OF THE GEAR HAD BEEN MADE AFTERTHE MODIFICATION PRIOR TO RELEASE FOR FLT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.