Piper PA-30 N8560Y
8 March 2009 · Lumberton, Mississippi, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 8 March 2009 at about 22:30 local time, a Piper PA-30 registered N8560Y, operated by Robert J Albrecht, was involved in an accident near Lumberton, Mississippi, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.
The record
- Date
- at 22:30
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Lumberton, Mississippi, United States
- Nearest airport
- I H Bass Jr Memorial Airport (4R1)
- Coordinates
- 31.0156, -89.4825
- Aircraft
- Piper PA-30
- Registration
- N8560Y
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 2
- Operator
- Robert J Albrecht
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Lumberton → Lumberton
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- ERA09LA209
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Probable cause
Collapse of the landing gear due to worn left main landing gear components.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
The airplane touched down softly 150 feet beyond the threshold of the 3,000-foot-long runway. About 1,500 feet into the landing roll, the airplane started to drift left of centerline, and the pilot applied right rudder pedal to correct. At that time, the left main landing gear collapsed and the airplane came to rest on the runway. Examination of the landing gear system revealed that the left main landing gear sidebrace, sidebrace studs, and links were worn. The worn components allowed the left main landing gear down-limit switch to prematurely stop the landing gear motor before the left main landing gear had reached the locked position. Subsequently, the minor sideload created by the pilot's rudder input collapsed the left main landing gear. Airworthiness directive (AD) 97-01-01R1 required an extensive applicable landing gear inspection for the make and model airplane after every 1,000 hours of time in service. Review of the maintenance records revealed that the airplane's last required inspection was performed about 12 years prior to the accident, during which time the airplane had accumulated 942 hours in service.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 Dec 2009 | Piper PA-30 | Port Mansfield, Texas, United States | Harvey W. Kiniken, Jr | Fatal | 2 |
| 30 Apr 2009 | Piper PA-30 | Great Barrington, Massachusetts, United States | Fred Kantor | No injuries | - |
| 22 Jul 2009 | Piper PA-30 | Walla Walla, Washington, United States | Walla Walla University | No injuries | - |
| 10 May 2009 | Piper PA-30 | Port Sudan, Sudan | Yeman Flight Academy | Fatal | 2 |
| 3 Jul 2009 | Piper PA-30 | Tucson, Arizona, United States | Alan Muhs | Serious injuries | - |
| 8 Feb 2009 | Piper PA-30 | Lakeville, New York, United States | - | No injuries | - |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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