# Accident 19800624029199A: Piper PA34200, St Michaels, AK, June 24, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 24, 1980, 10:20 local time
- Place: St Michaels, AK
- Airport: St Michaels
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: FXTA
- Aircraft: N56686, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N56686) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-200 (registry code 7103405, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA34200
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,093 total, 92 in this make and model, 203 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC80DA057](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC80DA057) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800624029199A

## Narrative

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

LEFT MAIN GEAR BROKE OFF WHILE LANDING ON A RUTTED, MUDDY, GRAVEL STRIP. CROSSWIND FACTOR, WATER HOLES IN RUNWAY.

## 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 ANC80DA057](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC80DA057), Jun 24, 1980: Piper PA-34 (N56686), St Michael, AK, substantial damage

## Other reports on N56686 (2)

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

- [Incident 20241210017719I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20241210017719I), Dec 10, 2024: Piper PA-34-200 (N56686), Vero Beach, FL, Minor damage. On December 10, 2024 at approximately 1147 EST, aircraft [privacy data omitted], a Piper PA-34-200 departed Vero Beach Regional Airport (vrb), Vero Beach, FL,…
- [Incident 20190305000929I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190305000929I), Mar 5, 2019: Piper PA-34-200 (N56686), Melbourne, FL, Minor damage. On approach the instructor pilot moved the gear handle down and believed to have seen three green light. As the aircraft ready to land he thought that the…

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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