# Incident 19950511015669I: Piper PA421000, Oakland, CA, May 11, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 11, 1995, 06:40 local time
- Place: Oakland, CA
- Airport: Metropolitan Oakland International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.8044° N, 122.2708° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Oakland, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.8044&lon=-122.2708&mi=10
- Aircraft: N42MD (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA421000
- Reported engine: GARRTT TPE33114A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,950 total, 10 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950511015669I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: HISTORY OF FLIGHT: ON 05-11-95 AT APPROXIMATELY 0640 LOCAL, PA-42-1000, N42MD, PILOTED BY DAVID W. BROWN, EXPERIENCED A COLLAPSE OF THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR WHILE BEGINNING TAKE OFF ROLL ON RUNWAY 29 AT OAKLAND INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. THE AIRCRAFT HAS CABIN TANKS AND WAS FULLY FUELED FOR EXPORT TO NEW ZEALAND, THE INITIAL STOP BEING HONOLULU, HI. VFR CONDITIONS PREVAILED, A FLIGHT PLAN HAD BEEN FILED. DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT SUBSTANTIAL, AS DEFINED IN FAA ORDER 8020.11A, AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE OCCUPANTS. THE PILOT HOLDS A COMMERCIAL PILOT CERTIFICATE WITH SEL AND MEL RATINGS.

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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