19810514033449I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA32RT300 · Binghamton, NY · May 14, 1981

Date
May 14, 1981 · 17:14 local
Place
Binghamton, NY
Airport
Binghamton
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N3047K
Reported as
Piper PA32RT300
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,700 total700 in this make and model20 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.

Electrical system failed. Manual extend gear. Nose gear collapsed on landing. Downlock plate faulty.

As the FAA filed it

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM FAILED. MANUAL EXTEND GEAR. NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED ON LANDING. DOWNLOCK PLATE FAULTY.