# Incident 20010708021329I: Piper PA30, St Paul, MN, July 8, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 8, 2001, 18:18 local time
- Place: St Paul, MN
- Airport: Lake Elmo Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.9972° N, 92.8537° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LAKE ELMO (21D), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.9972&lon=-92.8537&mi=10
- Aircraft: N645SD, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N645SD) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-30 (registry code 7103002, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-320 series (registry code 41509, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA30
- Reported engine: LYC IO320*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,535 total, 180 in this make and model, 55 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010708021329I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JULY 8, 2001, AT 1818 HOURS CDT, A PIPER PA-30, OWNED AND OPERATED BY THE PILOT, HAD ITS NOSE GEAR COLLAPSE DURING LANDING ROLL OUT. VFR CONDITIONS PREVAILED, AND NO VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED ONLY MINOR DAMAGE AND THE COMMERCIALLY RATED PILOT AND ONE PASSENGER RECEIVED NO INJURIES.

## Other reports on N645SD (1)

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

- [Incident 19961208043739I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961208043739I), Dec 8, 1996: Piper PA30 (N645SD), New Richmond, WI, Minor damage. Landed main gear partially extended had green. Possible gear indicator or rigging problem.

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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