# Incident 20010424009779I: Namer SNJ4, Lake Elmo, MN, April 24, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 24, 2001, 14:20 local time
- Place: Lake Elmo, MN
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.9879° N, 92.9097° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lake Elmo, MN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.9879&lon=-92.9097&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7083C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7083C) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: North American SNJ-4 (registry code 6400414, https://openairdocs.org/model/north-american-snj-4) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney R1340 series (registry code 52016, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r1340-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: NAMER SNJ4
- Reported engine: PWA R1340*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,200 total, 250 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010424009779I

## Narrative

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

(-23)A NORTH AMERICAN T-6, SJN-4, HAD THE LEFT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSE DURING LANDING. THE AIRCRAFT SKIDDED TOWARD THE LEFT AND WENT ONTO THE MUD FOR APPROXIMATELY 80 FEET BEFORE IT CAME TO A REST.  NO PROP STRIKE.  NO MAJOR DAMAGE TO AIRFRAME.  SOME DAMAGE TO LEFT AILERON AND LEFT AILERON HINGE.  ALSO SOME INTERNAL DAMAGE TO LEFT FLAP.  WHEN AIRCRAFT WAS PLACED ON JACKS TWO INSPECTORS FROM THIS FSDO OBSERVED THE LEFT MAIN GEAR LOCK DOWN PIN BIND AND FAIL TO LOCK GEAR DOWN THREE OUT OF THREE TIMES.

## Other reports on N7083C (1)

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

- [Incident 20020126002889I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020126002889I), Jan 26, 2002: Namer SNJ4 (N7083C), New Richmond, WI, Minor damage. (-23) While practicing emergency landings at the New Richmond Municipal Airport (rnh), the pilot stated that after lowering the landing gear the sink rate…

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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