# Accident 19780811025689A: Piper PA31T1, Kneeland, CA, August 11, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 11, 1978
- Place: Kneeland, CA
- Airport: Kneeland
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Location: 40.7190° N, 123.9272° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at KNEELAND (O19), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7190&lon=-123.9272&mi=10
- Aircraft: N61402 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31T1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,212 total, 195 in this make and model, 172 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK78DA042](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK78DA042) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780811025689A

## Narrative

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

APCH END OF RWY 33 HAS A LIP.GEAR COLLAPSED.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB OAK78DA042](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK78DA042), Aug 11, 1978: Piper PA-31 (N61402), Kneeland, CA, substantial damage

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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