33.9382° N, 81.1230° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs at Columbia Metropolitan Airport (CAE), within about a mile.Open in the map
Date
December 13, 1994 · 13:20 local
Place
Columbia, SC
Airport
Columbia Metropolitan
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
CFCIR
Reported as
Piper PA46310P
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,300 total600 in this make and model30 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.
Turned off runway to taxi to ramp. Raised flaps, nose gear collapsed. Faulty squat switch. Mistakenly raised gear.
As the FAA filed it
TURNED OFF RUNWAY TO TAXI TO RAMP.RAISED FLAPS, NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED.FAULTY SQUAT SWITCH.MISTAKENLY RAISED GEAR.