# Incident 19780620046899I: Piper PA34200, Bethany, OK, June 20, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 20, 1978, 14:00 local time
- Place: Bethany, OK
- Airport: Wiley Post
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.5340° N, 97.6469° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WILEY POST (PWA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.5340&lon=-97.6469&mi=10
- Aircraft: N40949, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N40949-1982-04-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-200 (registry code 7103405, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA34200
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,550 total, 575 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/19780620046899I

## Narrative

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

NOSE GEAR FAILED ON LANDING. BOLT CONTACTED DRAG LINK DURING EXTENSION, PREVENTED PROPER DOWN LOCK OPERATION.

## Other reports on N40949 (1)

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

- [Accident 19770507010379A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770507010379A), May 7, 1977: Piper PA34200 (N40949), Gallup, NM, Substantial damage. ELT signal heard 10 min after accd. Winds variable 130-170 degree with gusts to 20 KTS.

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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