- Date
- September 17, 1986, 19:58 local (Sep 18, 1986, 00:58 UTC)
- Place
- St. Paul, MN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Other
- Aircraft
- N707HBPiper PA-31-310
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860917047059A
- Case key
- 13527
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
At the end of an uneventful flight the pilot lowered the landing gear and noted three gear down indicator lights. Upon landing rollout the nose gear collapsed. An inspection following the accident revealed that a hydraulic leak was present near the hydraulic power pack. The hydraulic reservoir (which normally holds 54 oz of fluid) was refilled with 42 oz of fluid. There is no hydraulic fluid level indicator in the cockpit of this aircraft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N707HB
- Reported as
- Piper PA-31-310
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 31-40
- Engine
- Lycoming TI0-540-A1A, 310 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Northland Aviation, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Tarnowski Sales, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 15, 1986
- Departed
- ABR · Aberdeen, SD
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- MSP · Minneapolis/St. Paul Intl, runway 11R, 10,000 × 200 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 64
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 5,736 total · 250 in this make and model · 5,612 as pilot in command · 167 in the last 90 days · 8 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 130° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 1 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 800 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MSP, 1 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.