# Incident 19810408025299I: Piper PA32260, Clemson, SC, April 8, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 8, 1981, 15:20 local time
- Place: Clemson, SC
- Airport: Clemson-Oconee
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: BKAA
- Location: 34.6846° N, 82.8101° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Clemson, SC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.6846&lon=-82.8101&mi=10
- Aircraft: N56053, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N56053-2013-07-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-260 (registry code 7103206, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-260) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32260
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,839 total, 260 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/19810408025299I

## Narrative

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

ZD LEFT MAIN GEAR FOLDED WHEN PILOT LET AIRCRAFT DROP IN HARD.  AIRCRAFT WENT OFF LEFT SIDE OF RUNWAY.

## Other reports on N56053 (1)

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

- [Incident 19781111021579I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781111021579I), Nov 11, 1978: Piper PA32/ (N56053), Jesup, GA, Minor damage. Pilot taxied aircraft into gas pumps, claimed vision obscured by sun.

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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