- Date
- November 12, 1986, 19:38 local (Nov 13, 1986, 01:38 UTC)
- Place
- Minneapolis, MN
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7668YPiper PA-30
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19861112056039A
- Case key
- 13691
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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
The pilot flew for an hour trying to get the gear extended, but was unable. After making a gear up landing, an exam revealed the centering cam on the left side of the nose gear was bent and broken. This could have caused the gear to jam and not extend.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7668Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-30
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 30-745
- Airframe hours
- 5,572
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-320-B1A, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Henry Diambra
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 2, 1986
- Departed
- MKG · Muskegon, MI
- Destination
- MSP
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- MSP · Minneapolis - St Paul, runway 29R, 8,200 × 150 ft, concrete
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
- 61
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 7,599 total · 6,703 in this make and model · 7,525 as pilot in command · 19 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Wind
- 290° at 14 knots, gusting 18
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 3 °F, dew point 9 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MSP
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.