30.6944° N, 88.0431° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Mobile, AL, within about 7 miles.Open in the map
Date
June 22, 1997 · 13:41 local
Place
Mobile, AL
Airport
Brookley
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N79FB
Reported as
Piper PA31T
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney PT6A28
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,400 total8 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.
Dual IFR on landing left wing down CFI took over but plane veered off runway left gear had collapsed.
As the FAA filed it
DUAL IFR ON LANDING LEFT WING DOWN CFI TOOK OVER BUT PLANE VEERED OFF RUNWAY LEFT GEAR HAD COLLAPSED.