# Accident 19790921031679A: Amtrpl AIRCAMPER, Minneapolis, MN, September 21, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 21, 1979, 10:30 local time
- Place: Minneapolis, MN
- Airport: Janes
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.9800° N, 93.2638° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Minneapolis, MN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.9800&lon=-93.2638&mi=10
- Aircraft: N25157, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N25157-2013-08-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Kirchner PIETENPOL AIRCAMPER (registry code 7040319, https://openairdocs.org/model/kirchner-pietenpol-aircamper) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTRPL AIRCAMPER
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 393 total, 5 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC79DER74](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC79DER74) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790921031679A

## Narrative

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

LEFT LANDING GEAR WHEEL & AXLE SEPARATED FROM AIRCRAFT ON LANDING ROLL. VEERED OFF RUNWAY. DEFECT IN WELDING.

## 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 MKC79DER74](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC79DER74), Sep 21, 1979: Pietenpol Aircmp (N25157), Minneapolis, MN, substantial damage

## Other reports on N25157 (1)

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

- [Accident 20010516009149A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010516009149A), May 16, 2001: Amtr PIETENPOLAIR (N25157), Tulsa, OK, Substantial damage. (.19)On may 16, 2001, at 1939 central daylight time, a kirchner pietenpol aircamper home built airplane, N25157, was substantially damaged during a forced…

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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