# Incident 19990926033859I: Piper PA34200T, Norwalk, OH, September 26, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 26, 1999, 16:30 local time
- Place: Norwalk, OH
- Airport: Norwalk-Huron County Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.2448° N, 82.5512° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NORWALK/HURON COUNTY (5A1), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.2448&lon=-82.5512&mi=10
- Aircraft: N777GL, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N777GL-2011-11-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-200T (registry code 7103406, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA34200T
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,200 total, 1,100 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/19990926033859I

## Narrative

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

(-23) DURING TAKEOFF PILOT HEARD LOUD BANG AND LEFT SIDE OF AIRCRAFT COLLAPSED, JUST PRIOR TO AIRCRAFT LIFTING OFF GROUND.  PILOT DECIDED TO LAND AIRCRAFT AND ON TOUCH DOWN ALL THREE GEAR COLLAPSED; AIRCRAFT SLID OFF RUNWAY ON THE GRASS.  MINOR DAMAGE SUSTAINED.

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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