19841230072379I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA60601P · Fresno, CA · December 30, 1984

Date
December 30, 1984 · 21:00 local
Place
Fresno, CA
Airport
Air Terminal
Phase of flight
Climb
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N6080M
Reported as
Piper PA60601P
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
4,400 total700 in this make and model40 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.

Returned to land due to alternator light on. As aircraft slowed for turnoff,left upper main gear strut broke.

As the FAA filed it

RETURNED TO LAND DUE TO ALTERNATOR LIGHT ON. AS AIRCRAFT SLOWED FOR TURNOFF,LEFT UPPER MAIN GEAR STRUT BROKE.