# Incident 19810428027969I: Piper PA31, Oriskany, NY, April 28, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 28, 1981, 13:56 local time
- Place: Oriskany, NY
- Airport: Oneida
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.1432° N, 75.3799° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Oneida County Airport, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.1432&lon=-75.3799&mi=10
- Aircraft: N546BA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N546BA-1983-04-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31-310 (registry code 7103102, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31-310) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,000 total, 2,500 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/19810428027969I

## Narrative

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

NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED AT TOUCHDOWN AND GEAR INDICATION LIGHT WAS GREEN.CYCLING GEAR IN FLIGHT WOULD NOT PUT OUT LITE

## Other reports on N546BA (3)

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

- [Accident 19820105001919A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820105001919A), Jan 5, 1982: Piper PA31310 (N546BA), Ithaca, NY, Destroyed. Aircraft crashed during approach for landing. Pilots reported split flap condition turbulence was a factor.
- [Incident 19790208005629I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790208005629I), Feb 8, 1979: Piper PA31 (N546BA), Boston, MA. Pilot landed on snow covered taxiway instead of runway.
- [Incident 19780828039959I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780828039959I), Aug 28, 1978: Piper PA31 (N546BA), Albany, NY. Engine began to quit. Boost pump turned on and precautionary landing made. Fuel pump shaft sheared.

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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