Piper PA-34-200T incident near Muscle Shoals, Alabama, May 26, 1983
On May 26, 1983 at about 7:46 pm local time, a Piper PA-34-200T, registered N6935C, suffered minor damage in an incident near Muscle Shoals, Alabama (Muscle Shoals airport). It was a personal flight under general aviation rules (Part 91). No one was hurt; 1 person was on board or involved. The weather was visual conditions (good weather).
The NTSB's probable cause their words, unchanged
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database, copy made October 5, 2026. Docket and reports at the NTSB.
What the record shows
- Date
- May 26, 1983 · about 7:46 pm local time
- Place
- Muscle Shoals, Alabama · Muscle Shoals · map
- Type
- Incident
- Injuries
- No one was hurt; 1 person was on board or involved.
- Weather
- visual conditions (good weather)
- Aircraft
- Piper PA-34-200T · all PA-34-200Ts on the register
- Registration
- N6935C · no longer on the register · serial 34-7870167
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Personal flight · general aviation rules (Part 91)
The NTSB's narrative final · quoted from the NTSB record
THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR STRUT FAILED ON LANDING ROLL. THE CAUSE FOR THE FAILURE WAS NOT DETERMINED, THE OWNER WOULD NOT MAKE THE STRUT AVAILABLE FOR TESTING.
The complete narrative as the NTSB published it. The NTSB's docket holds the report as a PDF and any photographs, statements and other documents from the investigation.
The factual record from the NTSB's investigation tables, in plain English
Pilot
- Certificate: flight instructor, commercial pilot
- Ratings: multi-engine land; single-engine land; instructor: instrument airplane; instrument: airplane
- Flight time: 11 hours in all; 11 in the last 90 days; 11 in the last 30 days; 11 as pilot in command; 11 on instruments
- Medical certificate: Class 1
- Seat: unk
The aircraft
- Last inspection: inspection type not recorded
- Maximum gross weight: 4,570 lb
- Seats: 7
- Landing gear: retractable
- Engine: Continental TSIO-360E (piston); 0 hours total
The flight
- Departed from: 3A1 Cullman AL
- Flight plan: none
- Runway 0
Weather at the time
- Light: daylight
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Sky: scat
- Temperature: 0°F (-18°C), dew point 0°F (-18°C)
Injuries
| Fatal | Serious | Minor | None | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crew | 1 |
Documents from the investigation the NTSB's docket: the evidence folder behind the report
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Other NTSB records under N6935C the same tail number, which may have belonged to a different aircraft at the time
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