# Accident 19810902054649A: Rkwell 681, Great Falls, MT, September 2, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 2, 1981, 18:14 local time
- Place: Great Falls, MT
- Airport: International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.5025° N, 111.3000° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Great Falls, MT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.5025&lon=-111.3000&mi=10
- Aircraft: N578KA (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: RKWELL 681
- People aboard: 6
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,999 total, 6 in this make and model, 34 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN81FTI18](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN81FTI18) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810902054649A

## Narrative

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

RETURNED TO LAND DUE TO FOULED STATIC SYSTEM. RIGHT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED ON LANDING. UPPER SCISSOR PNED110593 FAILED

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB DEN81FTI18](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN81FTI18), Sep 2, 1981: Aero Comdr 681 (N578KA), Great Falls, MT, substantial damage

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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