39.7719° N, 94.9097° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs at ROSECRANS MEML (STJ), within about a mile.Open in the map
Date
September 12, 1991 · 14:49 local
Place
St Joseph, MO
Airport
Rosecrans Memorial
Phase of flight
Engine Run-Up
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N4360U
Reported as
Piper PA46310P
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,800 total40 in this make and model45 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.
Pilot inadvertently raised landing gear switch instead of flaps switch. Nose gear collapsed.
As the FAA filed it
PILOT INADVERTENTLY RAISED LANDING GEAR SWITCH INSTEAD OF FLAPS SWITCH. NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED.