CHI86LA228

1986-09-17 · ST. PAUL, Minnesota, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Airport MSP

Aircraft involved

N707HB Piper PA-31-310 None

Factual narrative

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. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1986_CHI86LA228.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

Search this event elsewhere

External sources are reported, not agency: signal that something happened, not fact about what happened.