# Incident 19781213024969I: Piper PA28R201T, Webster City, IA, December 13, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 13, 1978, 12:40 local time
- Place: Webster City, IA
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 42.4624° N, 93.8182° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Webster City, IA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.4624&lon=-93.8182&mi=10
- Aircraft: N38134, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N38134-2008-01-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-201T (registry code 7102813, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-201t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-360 series (registry code 17019, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R201T
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,000 total, 1,089 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/19781213024969I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT LANDED WITH A RETRACTED NOSE GEAR. NOSE GEAR WEDGED IN THE UP POSITION BY BROKEN SHIMMY DAMPER.

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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