30.3651° N, 91.0495° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs at BATON ROUGE (LA05), within about a mile.Open in the map
Date
September 8, 1981 · 21:30 local
Place
Baton Rouge, LA
Airport
Baton Rouge
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N8434Z
Reported as
Piper PA34220T
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,636 total197 in this make and model59 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.
On rollout,gear collapsed. Found selector switch shorted to up position. Bump took weight off gear. Gear started up.
As the FAA filed it
ON ROLLOUT,GEAR COLLAPSED.FOUND SELECTOR SWITCH SHORTED TO UP POSITION.BUMP TOOK WEIGHT OFF GEAR.GEAR STARTED UP.