41.1434° N, 85.1528° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs at SMITH FLD (SMD), within about a mile.Open in the map
Date
December 20, 1990 · 20:15 local
Place
Fort Wayne, IN
Airport
Smith Field Airport
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N3645S
Reported as
Piper PA60601P
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,157 total11 in this make and model103 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.
Lost directional control on landing rollout. Veered off runway. Left upper torque link broke during the landing.
As the FAA filed it
LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL ON LANDING ROLLOUT. VEERED OFF RUNWAY. LEFT UPPER TORQUE LINK BROKE DURING THE LANDING.