45.9548° N, 112.4975° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs at BERT MOONEY (BTM), within about a mile.Open in the map
Date
February 13, 1987 · 06:05 local
Place
Butte, MT
Airport
Bert Mooney
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
DMEA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N1173X
Reported as
Piper PA34200T
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
6,450 total12 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.
Unsafe gear indication after takeoff. Nose gear collapsed on landing. Nose gear turn limits had been exceed.
As the FAA filed it
UNSAFE GEAR INDICATION AFTER TAKEOFF. NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED ON LANDING. NOSE GEAR TURN LIMITS HAD BEEN EXCEED.