- Date
- April 8, 1977
- Place
- Mountain Lake, MN · MOUNTAIN LAKE, MN
- Injuries
- 6 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8600NPiper PA-32
- Status
- Completed · report June 3, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770408008529A
- Case key
- 157515
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0735 77/4/8 MOUNTAIN LAKE,MN PIPER PA-32 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 50, 192 TIME - 1330 N8600N PX- 0 0 5 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 95 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - KLASSEN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION OMAHA,NE MOUNTAIN LAKE,MN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- HARD IMPACT SHEARED BOLTS RIVETS RIGHT MAIN GEAR ELT OPERATIONAL CONDITION NOT CHECKED
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8600N
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Klassen
N8600NRegistered now · Piper PA-32-260Airframe modelPiper PA-32-260Engine modelLycoming 0-540F1 SERIE
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N8600N · 1
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