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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA32RT300T · St Louis, MO · January 20, 1981

Date
January 20, 1981 · 00:15 local
Place
St Louis, MO
Airport
Spirit Of St Loui
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N39487
Reported as
Piper PA32RT300T
Reported engine
Lycoming TIO540S1AD
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,140 total83 in this make and model16 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.

Lost alternator,put gear down with emergency system. Nose gear folded on rollout. Battery too low for gear lights.

As the FAA filed it

LOST ALTERNATOR,PUT GEAR DOWN WITH EMERGENCY SYSTEM. NOSE GEAR FOLDED ON ROLLOUT.BATTERY TOO LOW FOR GEAR LIGHTS.