# Incident 19781112019439I: Piper PA34200, Ft Lauderdale, FL, November 12, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 12, 1978, 12:45 local time
- Place: Ft Lauderdale, FL
- Airport: International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.1223° N, 80.1434° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fort Lauderdale, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.1223&lon=-80.1434&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1069U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1069U-1979-03-23) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,000 total, 200 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/19781112019439I

## Narrative

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

NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED ON LANDING. CAUSE UNDETERMINED.

## Other reports on N1069U (1)

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

- [Incident 19780625035799I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780625035799I), Jun 25, 1978: Piper PA34200 (N1069U), Opa Locka, FL, Minor damage. Gear indicated down and locked on final. Nose gear retracted after touchdown.

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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