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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA23250 · Maple Lake, MN · September 25, 1998

Date: September 25, 1998 · 16:30 local
Place: Maple Lake, MN
Airport: Maple Lake Municipal Airport
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N40362
Reported as: Piper PA23250
Reported engine: Lycoming IO540C4B5
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 704 total56 in this make and model115 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-5) Eye witness statements & physical evidence indicate N40362, a Piper PA-23-250, was approaching to land on runway 28 at Maple Lake Municipal Airport, Maple Lake, MN. A CFI who witnessed the incident stated the aircraft seemed high & fast, and that it touched down between 1/4 & 1/2 way down the runway. The CFI on board the aircraft stated that threshold speed was supposed to be 95, and that he may have been as fast as 100. Sometime subsequent to touchdown, the left main gear tire blew. Skid marks show the aircraft departed the runway surface to the left, just prior to the end of the runway. The left main gear collapsed after the aircraft departed the runway where it entered entered the adjacent grass area. The aircraft came to rest, clear of the runway and just short of the departure end. This was a training flight, flown by the multiengine student in preparation for his checkride.

As the FAA filed it

(-5) EYE WITNESS STATEMENTS & PHYSICAL EVIDENCE INDICATE N40362, A PIPER PA-23-250, WAS APPROACHING TO LAND ON RUNWAY 28 AT MAPLE LAKE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, MAPLE LAKE, MN. A CFI WHO WITNESSED THE INCIDENT STATED THE AIRCRAFT SEEMED HIGH & FAST, AND THAT IT TOUCHED DOWN BETWEEN 1/4 & 1/2 WAY DOWN THE RUNWAY. THE CFI ON BOARD THE AIRCRAFT STATED THAT THRESHOLD SPEED WAS SUPPOSED TO BE 95, AND THAT HE MAY HAVE BEEN AS FAST AS 100. SOMETIME SUBSEQUENT TO TOUCHDOWN, THE LEFT MAIN GEAR TIRE BLEW. SKID MARKS SHOW THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE RUNWAY SURFACE TO THE LEFT, JUST PRIOR TO THE END OF THE RUNWAY. THE LEFT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED AFTER THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE RUNWAY WHERE IT ENTERED ENTERED THE ADJACENT GRASS AREA. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST, CLEAR OF THE RUNWAY AND JUST SHORT OF THE DEPARTURE END. THIS WAS A TRAINING FLIGHT, FLOWN BY THE MULTIENGINE STUDENT IN PREPARATION FOR HIS CHECKRIDE.