# Incident 19780517035039I: Piper PA28R200, Thermal, CA, May 17, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 17, 1978, 11:10 local time
- Place: Thermal, CA
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.6262° N, 116.1308° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Thermal, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6262&lon=-116.1308&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4487T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4487T-2022-09-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-200 (registry code 7102811, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R200
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 340 total, 18 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/19780517035039I

## Narrative

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

PILOT LOWERED GEAR AND FAILED TO CHECK POSITION OF GEAR. NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED ON ROLLOUT.

## Other reports on N4487T (1)

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

- [Incident 20050716015729I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050716015729I), Jul 16, 2005: Piper PA28R200 (N4487T), Rio Vista, CA, Minor damage. (-23) Pilot was completing a bfr flight and was doing takeoff and landings. The pilot stated that she was doing a short field landing and did not check the…

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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