# Incident 20000131003229I: Piper J3C65, Mankato, MN, January 31, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 31, 2000, 17:30 local time
- Place: Mankato, MN
- Airport: Mankato Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.2228° N, 93.9193° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MANKATO RGNL (MKT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.2228&lon=-93.9193&mi=10
- Aircraft: N33587, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N33587) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper J3C-65 (registry code 7100510, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-j3c-65) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental A&C65 series (registry code 17003, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-a-c65-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER J3C65
- Reported engine: CONT C8512F
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 9,000 total, 300 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000131003229I

## Narrative

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

THE A/C DEPARTED MKT FOR MEARBY LAKE WASHINGTON TO PERFORM TO/LDG ON THE LAKE. THE PILOT OVERFLEW THE PROPOSED LANDING AREA TWICE TO EVALUATE ITS CONDITION.  THE A/C TOUCHED DOWN AND ROLLED OUT WITHOUT INCIDENT' POWER WAS APPLIED FOR TOUCH AND GO.  AS THE SIRCRAFT LIFTED OFF, THE PILOT HEARD A NOISE AND NOTICED THE LEFT MAIN GEAR HAD FOLDED REARWARD. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^                   THE PILOT RETURNED TO MKT WHERE HE REQUESTED GROUND PERSONNEL PLOW THE GRASS AREA ADJACENT TO THE TAXIWAY.  PRIOR TO LANDING, THE PILOT SECURED THE ENGINE WHEN THE "FIELD WAS MADE".  THE A/C TOUCHED DOWN WITH THE PROPELLER STILL WINDMILLING.  UPON TOUCHDOWN, THE MAIN GEAR SPREAD APART AND THE A/C CAME TO REST ON ITS BELLY.  THE LEFT GEAR FOLDED BACK AGAINST TH LEFT STRUT CAUSING A SLIGHT BEND IN THE STRUT.  TOTAL DAMAGE, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^            WAS CONFINED TO THE FRONT UNDERSECTION OF TH COWLING WHERE THE A/C SLID, THE PROPELLER TIPS WHERE THEY CONTACTED THE GROUND, AND THE BENT LEFT WING STRUT IMPACTED BY THE LEFT MAIN GEAR.

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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