# Incident 19860219013259I: Piper PA23250, Willmar, MN, February 19, 1986

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 19, 1986, 17:30 local time
- Place: Willmar, MN
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.1210° N, 95.0587° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Willmar, MN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.1210&lon=-95.0587&mi=10
- Aircraft: N63973, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N63973) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-250 (registry code 7102308, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23250
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,310 total, 21 in this make and model, 143 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860219013259I

## Narrative

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

NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED AFTER LANDING, CAUSE UNDETERMINED. NOSE DOWN LIGHT BURNED OUT.

## Other reports on N63973 (3)

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

- [Accident 19940619015539A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940619015539A), Jun 19, 1994: Piper PA23250 (N63973), Banner Elk, NC, Destroyed. Crashed and burned in mountains.
- [Incident 19820910058299I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820910058299I), Sep 10, 1982: Piper PA23250 (N63973), International F, MN, Minor damage. Left gear collapsed on rollout. Found pressure line fitting on left gear leaking. Made hydraulic pump inoperative.
- [Incident 19820209005609I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820209005609I), Feb 9, 1982: Piper PA23250 (N63973), Minneapolis, MN, Minor damage. Lost wheel on taxi after landing. Wheel bearing worn out. Leaky gear strut from cold air.

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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