# Incident 19970310004159I: Piper PA31350, Tuscaloosa, AL, March 10, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 10, 1997, 13:00 local time
- Place: Tuscaloosa, AL
- Airport: Tuscaloosa Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.2206° N, 87.6114° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Tuscaloosa National Airport (TCL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.2206&lon=-87.6114&mi=10
- Aircraft: N120JD, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N120JD) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31-350 (registry code 7103110, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31-350) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31350
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,500 total, 775 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970310004159I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: PILOT STATED: UPON LANDING THE LEFT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED. GEAR INDICATOR WAS GREEN. LANDING WAS NORMAL, BUT AS THE WEIGHT CAME DOWN ON THE GEAR THE LEFT MAIN COLLAPSED DAMAGING THE LEFT WING TIP, LEFT FLAP & AILERON AND LEFT PROP.

## Other reports on N120JD (1)

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

- [Incident 19961031037889I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961031037889I), Oct 31, 1996: Piper PA31350 (N120JD), Mccomb, MS, Minor damage. Narrative: aircraft was fueled with 40 gallons of jet-a, bringing the total fuel on board to 85 gallons. During climb out the engines started running rough…

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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