ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 296109
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| Date: | Tuesday 18 March 2003 |
| Time: | 20:10 LT |
| Type: |  Piper PA-34-200T |
| Owner/operator: | De Transport |
| Registration: | N930DE |
| MSN: | 348070176 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1980 |
| Engine model: | Continental TSIO-360-E |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | West Chicago, Illinois -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | Chicago-Midway Airport, IL (MDW/KMDW) |
| Chicago-Dupage County Airport, IL (DPA/KDPA) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The airplane sustained substantial damage during a hard landing at night. The pilot reported, "Because it was windy I flew at 100 kt on final, and on touchdown I felt that the nose was too low. I pulled back on the elevator and the nose came up, and then I lowered the nose again and again it was too low. I stopped the engines with the mixture and the plane stopped, nose down." Inspection of the airplane revealed that the nose gear was collapsed. The nose gear support tube was pushed vertically up through the top of the airframe about 6 inches. The center windshield airframe post was pushed up, and the left and right windshields were separated from the cockpit's windshield frame. All three blade tips on both propellers were bent aft and exhibited chordwise gouging and scraping.
Probable Cause: The pilot's improper flare resulting in a hard landing.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB CHI03LA085
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-Oct-2022 16:41 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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