# Incident 19781020029079I: Piper PA28R200, Ionia, MI, October 20, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 20, 1978, 17:00 local time
- Place: Ionia, MI
- Airport: Stony Acres
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.7545° N, 85.0286° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Stony Acres Airport, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.7545&lon=-85.0286&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5059S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5059S-2013-07-15) (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: 1,400 total, 800 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/19781020029079I

## Narrative

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

NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED DURING ROLLOUT. CAUSE NOT DETERMINED.

## Other reports on N5059S (1)

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

- [Accident 19791212035079A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791212035079A), Dec 12, 1979: Piper PA28R200 (N5059S), Lexington, VA, Substantial damage. Engine lost oil in flght. Found cracked propeller governor oil line.

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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