# Incident 19810205056449I: Piper PA24, Mesa, AZ, February 5, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 5, 1981, 09:20 local time
- Place: Mesa, AZ
- Airport: Falcon
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.4608° N, 111.7283° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FALCON FLD (FFZ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4608&lon=-111.7283&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5377P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5377P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24 (registry code 7102402, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 600 total, 220 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810205056449I

## Narrative

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

LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED DURING ROLL OUT AFTER LANDING. GEAR HAD EVIDENCE OF PREVIOUS STRESS.

## Other reports on N5377P (1)

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

- [Incident 19950527025619I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950527025619I), May 27, 1995: Piper PA24 (N5377P), Mesa, AZ. Ran out of fuel on final for Falcon field. Mistakenly read fuel quanity. Ended on a service road.

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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