41.7088° N, 86.8669° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Michigan City, IN, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
May 17, 1984 · 12:30 local
Place
Michigan City, IN
Airport
Phillips
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N51620
Reported as
Piper PA24
Reported engine
Lycoming O360A1D
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
980 total15 in this make and model15 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.
Nose gear collapsed on the landing rollout. Gear motor was burned out and circuit breaker was intermittent.
As the FAA filed it
NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED ON THE LANDING ROLLOUT. GEAR MOTOR WAS BURNED OUT AND CIRCUIT BREAKER WAS INTERMITTENT.