# Accident 20060325005159A: Piper PA20, South St Paul, MN, March 25, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 25, 2006, 12:30 local time
- Place: South St Paul, MN
- Airport: South St Paul Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.8569° N, 93.0328° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.8569&lon=-93.0328&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1579A, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1579A) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-20 (registry code 7102002, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-290 series (registry code 41506, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-290-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA20
- Reported engine: LYC O290D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 163 total, 13 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI06LA100](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI06LA100) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060325005159A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON ROLL OUT ON RWY 16, AT SOUTH SAINT PAUL AIRPORT, FOLLOWING A WHEELS LANDING, I REDUCED POWER AND HAD CONTROL ALL THE WAY TO THE REAR. THE AIRCRAFT TURNED LEFT AND THE RIGHT LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED. NO FIRE, NO INJURIES, AND NO ELT SIGNAL. ADDITIONAL DAMAGE IS RT. WING FORWARD SPAR BENT 12" OUTBOARD OF LIFT STRUT. LOWER FUSELAGE LONGERON BELOW RT. DOOR. FLOAT WINDSHIELD BRACE BENT. PICTURES SUPPLIED FROM THE SAINT PAUL POLICE DEPARTMENT WOULD INDICATE THAT THE RIGHT LANDING GEAR DID NOT COLLAPSE UNTIL THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE RUNWAY. A VERBAL STATEMENT FROM THE AIRPORT MANAGER, ^PRIVACY DAT^ WHO WAS ON SCENE, IS THAT THE PILOT TOLD SOMEONE THAT HE MAY HAVE LANDED FAST.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CHI06LA100](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI06LA100), Mar 25, 2006: Piper PA-20 (N1579A), South St. Paul, MN, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing roll, which resulted in the collapse of the right main landing gear. A factor associated with the accident was a tailwind.

## Other reports on N1579A (1)

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

- [Incident 19810314024749I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810314024749I), Mar 14, 1981: Piper PA20 (N1579A), St Paul, MN, Minor damage. Lost control on landing due to crosswind. Tipped up on nose.

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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