40.7910° N, 77.8568° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of State College, PA, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
December 6, 1979 · 10:20 local
Place
State College, PA
Airport
University Park
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
NTY
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N63988
Reported as
Piper PA23250
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
6,200 total500 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days
From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Pilot landed safely with flat tire inner tube split, inner wheel half broken, nuts cracked or broken.
As the FAA filed it
PILOT LANDED SAFELY WITH FLAT TIRE INNER TUBE SPLIT, INNER WHEEL HALF BROKEN, NUTS CRACKED OR BROKEN.