# Incident 19870911063259I: Piper PA34200T, South Bend, IN, September 11, 1987

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 11, 1987, 13:50 local time
- Place: South Bend, IN
- Airport: Michiana Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.6834° N, 86.2500° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of South Bend, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6834&lon=-86.2500&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1581X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1581X-2010-10-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-200T (registry code 7103406, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-360 series (registry code 17019, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA34200T
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,750 total, 124 in this make and model, 88 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870911063259I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT VEERED OFF RUNWAY SIDE AS GEAR COLLAPSED ON TAKEOFF ROLL. POWER RELAY MALFUNCTION.

## Other reports on N1581X (2)

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

- [Incident 19880822049759I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880822049759I), Aug 22, 1988: Piper PA34200T (N1581X), Albuquerque, NM, Minor damage. Lost directional control on crosswind landing. Veered off runway and right gear collapsed.
- [Accident 19860528046369A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860528046369A), May 28, 1986: Piper PA34200T (N1581X), Olathe, KS, Substantial damage. Indicates pilot retracted the landing gear by mistake just prior to liftoff. Off the squat switches gear retracted.

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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