Accident Piper PA-28-236 N2200Y, Sunday 10 April 1983

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Date:	Sunday 10 April 1983
Time:	16:40 LT
Type:	Piper PA-28-236
Owner/operator:	Phoenix Aviation
Registration:	N2200Y
MSN:	28-79-11146
Year of manufacture:	1979
Total airframe hrs:	843 hours
Engine model:	Lycoming O-540-J3A50
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Substantial
Category:	Accident
Location:	Kaiser, MO - United States of America
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Private
Departure airport:	Chesterfield, MO (SUS
Destination airport:	Kaiser, MO (KAIZ)
Investigating agency:	NTSB
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
THE ACFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE WHEN THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED DURING LANDING. THE WEATHER WAS VMC BUT THE PILOT SAID HE ENCOUNTERED A GUSTY CROSSWIND DURING LANDING. HE HAD CHECKED THE WIND SOCK PRIOR TO LANDING AND IT WAS HANGING LIMP. THE REPORTED WIND WAS 290 DEGREES AT 5 KTS GUSTING TO 15 KTS. THE PILOT HAD BOUNCED DURING TOUCHDOWN. DURING THE BOUNCE THE NOSE SHIFTED ABOUT 30 DEGREES TO THE LEFT AND THE PILOT ATTEMPTED A GO-AROUND. THE ACFT TOUCHED DOWN AGAIN AND COLLAPSED THE NOSE GEAR. THE PILOT REDUCED POWER AS THE ACFT LEFT THE RUNWAY AND COLLIDED WITH A FENCE AND A DITCH.

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