# Accident 19790712024169A: Piper PA31T1, Eveleth, MN, July 12, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 12, 1979, 10:00 local time
- Place: Eveleth, MN
- Airport: Eveleth
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.4758° N, 92.5476° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Eveleth, MN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.4758&lon=-92.5476&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6192A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6192A-1996-02-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31T1 (registry code 7103126, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31t1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31T1
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,919 total, 178 in this make and model, 156 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC79FER53](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC79FER53) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790712024169A

## Narrative

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

PILOT SAID HE FAILED TO LOWER THE LANDING GEAR.

## 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 MKC79FER53](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC79FER53), Jul 12, 1979: Piper PA-31T (N6192A), Eveleth, MN, substantial damage

## Other reports on N6192A (1)

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

- [Accident 19930218003059A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930218003059A), Feb 18, 1993: Piper PA31T1 (N6192A), Pittsfield, ME, Substantial damage. Unable to activate runway lights. Believed saw runway. Landed in 18 inches of snow adjacent to runway.

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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