# Accident 19800307005089A: Piper PA32300, Sauk Centre, MN, March 7, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 7, 1980, 19:55 local time
- Place: Sauk Centre, MN
- Airport: Sauk Centre
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.7066° N, 94.9332° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SAUK CENTRE MUNI (D39), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.7066&lon=-94.9332&mi=10
- Aircraft: N333JD, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N333JD) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-250 (registry code 7102308, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32300
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 407 total, 15 in this make and model, 145 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC80FER26](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC80FER26) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800307005089A

## Narrative

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

LANDING GEAR STRUCK SNOWBANK SHORT OF THE APPROACH END OF RUNWAY. LANDED ON RUNWAY MINUS SEVERED 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 MKC80FER26](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC80FER26), Mar 7, 1980: Piper PA-32 (N333JD), Sauk Centre, MN, substantial damage

## Other reports on N333JD (1)

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

- [Incident 19850519025079I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850519025079I), May 19, 1985: Piper PA32R300 (N333JD), Dillingham, AK, Minor damage. While turning off runway after landing main gear axle broke. Evidence of fatigue failure.

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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