# Incident 19780220007399I: Piper PA34200, East Windsor, CT, February 20, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 20, 1978, 17:00 local time
- Place: East Windsor, CT
- Airport: Skylark
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.9049° N, 72.5672° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Town of East Windsor, CT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9049&lon=-72.5672&mi=10
- Aircraft: N15064, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N15064) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-200 (registry code 7103405, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA34200
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 742 total, 23 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780220007399I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

NOSE GEAR COLLASED ON LANDING. A BROKEN BOLT CAUSED THE LINK ASSEMBLY TO BE DISCONNECTED FROM THE NOSE STRUT.

## Other reports on N15064 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19860123007239I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860123007239I), Jan 23, 1986: Piper PA34200 (N15064), Teterboro, NJ. Unsafe left main gear indication and warning horn sounding on landing. Safe landing. Ice on gear mechanism.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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