ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 265791
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| Date: | Tuesday 20 July 2021 |
| Time: | 22:50 UTC |
| Type: |  Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain |
| Owner/operator: | Premier Air Charters Inc |
| Registration: | N4043M |
| MSN: | 31-8152001 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1980 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Location: | Gorham Country Club golf course, ME -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Executive |
| Departure airport: | Islip-Long Island MacArthur Airport, NY (ISP/KISP) |
| Portland International Jetport, ME (PWM/KPWM) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
The aircraft deposited a main landing gear leg to golf course terrain while on approach to Portland International Jetport (PWM/KPWM), Portland, Maine. The airplane returned to Long Island MacArthur Airport (ISP/KISP), NY, sustaining unreported minor during the ensuing gear-up landing.
The five POB were not injured
Sources:
https://www.kiro7.com/news/trending/airplane-landing-gear-crashes-onto-maine-golf-course/JKVNIJD6UNGSDLRF2MOJE5ATNI/
https://www.pressherald.com/2021/07/21/aircraft-landing-gear-breaks-off-lands-on-gorham-golf-course/
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9815501/100-pound-piece-plane-landing-gear-crashes-Maine-golf-course-not-injuring-anyone.html
https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=N4043M
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N4043M/history/20210720/1930Z/KISP/KISP
FAA
https://jetmembership.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/N4043M-PIPER-CHIEFTAIN-EXTERIOR.png (photo)
Media:
Gorham PD recovered landing gear that came off a Piper Navajo plane and fell on the 7th fairway of Gorham Country Club. Fortunately it fell where it did, and the plane went on to make a safe belly-flop landing in Islip, New York. @WGME @FOX23Maine pic.twitter.com/CMvlmfA2cG
— WGME Photojournalist 🎥📡 (@MENewsPhotog) July 22, 2021
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-Jul-2021 19:05 | Geno | Added |
| 23-Jul-2021 00:34 | RobertMB | Updated [Date, Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Total occupants, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 23-Jul-2021 19:09 | RobertMB | Updated [Location, Source, Embed code, Category] |
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