# Incident 19961208043739I: Piper PA30, New Richmond, WI, December 8, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 8, 1996, 08:30 local time
- Place: New Richmond, WI
- Airport: New Richmond Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.1478° N, 92.5392° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NEW RICHMOND RGNL (RNH), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.1478&lon=-92.5392&mi=10
- Aircraft: N645SD, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N645SD) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-30 (registry code 7103002, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-320 series (registry code 41509, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA30
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 11,000 total, 50 in this make and model, 80 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961208043739I

## Narrative

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

LANDED MAIN GEAR PARTIALLY EXTENDED HAD GREEN. POSSIBLE GEAR INDICATOR OR RIGGING PROBLEM.

## Other reports on N645SD (1)

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

- [Incident 20010708021329I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010708021329I), Jul 8, 2001: Piper PA30 (N645SD), St Paul, MN, Minor damage. (-23) On July 8, 2001, at 1818 hours CDT, a Piper PA-30, owned and operated by the pilot, had its nose gear collapse during landing roll out. VFR conditions…

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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