# Incident 19830430031389I: Piper PA24250, Kalispell, MT, April 30, 1983

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 30, 1983, 12:30 local time
- Place: Kalispell, MT
- Airport: Glacier International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 48.2162° N, 114.3276° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Kalispell, MT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.2162&lon=-114.3276&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6439P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6439P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-250 (registry code 7102404, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24250
- Reported engine: LYC O540A1C5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 750 total, 100 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830430031389I

## Narrative

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

NOSE LANDING GEAR FAILED TO FULLY EXTEND. COLLAPSED ON LANDING. GEAR MOTOR JAMMED. PILOT MISUSED MANUAL GEAR.

## Other reports on N6439P (1)

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

- [Incident 19801006086919I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801006086919I), Oct 6, 1980: Piper PA24250 (N6439P), Troy, MT, Minor damage. Hard landing caused nose gear to collapse.

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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