19810314009439A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA30 · Fosston, MN · March 14, 1981

Date
March 14, 1981 · 17:00 local
Place
Fosston, MN
Airport
Municipal
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N746EM
NTSB investigation
NTSBCHI81FER28
Reported as
Piper PA30
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,838 total355 in this make and model3 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.

Landed without landing gear full down and locked. Gear collapsed on landing.

As the FAA filed it

LANDED WITHOUT LANDING GEAR FULL DOWN AND LOCKED. GEAR COLLAPSED ON LANDING.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.