# Accident 19780527019689A: Piper PA24400, Hutchinson, MN, May 27, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 27, 1978
- Place: Hutchinson, MN
- Airport: Hutchinson Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Location: 44.8854° N, 94.3769° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hutchinson, MN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.8854&lon=-94.3769&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5251P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5251P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-250 (registry code 7102404, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24400
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total, 234 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780527019689A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

No narrative was filed.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

## Other reports on N5251P (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19910517016439I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910517016439I), May 17, 1991: Piper PA24250 (N5251P), Laramie, WY, Minor damage. Landed with the gear retracted. Found system circuit breaker popped. Gear control lever in neutral position.
- [Incident 19801209089589I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801209089589I), Dec 9, 1980: Piper PA24250 (N5251P), Royalton, MN. Zg ran out of fuel 35 miles after departure with low fuel because none available. Landed gear up, nose gear stuck.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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