# Incident 19811224087379I: Piper PA32300, Algona, IA, December 24, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 24, 1981, 23:25 local time
- Place: Algona, IA
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.0763° N, 94.2321° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Algona, IA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.0763&lon=-94.2321&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5200S (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32300
- Reported engine: LYC IO540K1A5
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 496 total, 31 in this make and model, 11 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811224087379I

## Narrative

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

RIGHT MAIN GEAR STRUCK SNOW RIDGE AT RUNWAY THRESHOLD. IMPACT SEVERED THE LANDING GEAR. LANDED OFF EDGE RUNWAY.

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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