# Incident 19781012030139I: Piper PA30, Westerly, RI, October 12, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 12, 1978, 10:00 local time
- Place: Westerly, RI
- Airport: State
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.3733° N, 71.8068° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Westerly, RI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3733&lon=-71.8068&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7940Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7940Y) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-30 (registry code 7103002, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-320 series (registry code 41509, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA30
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,543 total, 155 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/19781012030139I

## Narrative

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

GEAR COLLAPSED DURING ROLLOUT. COULD NOT BE TESTED DUE TO IMPACT DAMAGE. LIGHTS, WARNING HORN AND MOTOR OK. CB OPEN

## Other reports on N7940Y (1)

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

- [Accident 19741011034439A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19741011034439A), Oct 11, 1974: Piper PA30 (N7940Y), Newark, NJ, Substantial damage. Driver of tractor mower did not see acft until mower made contact with acft.

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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