# Incident 19781221021419I: Piper PA34200, Opa Locka, FL, December 21, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 21, 1978, 12:15 local time
- Place: Opa Locka, FL
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Location: 25.9000° N, 80.2552° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Opa-locka, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.9000&lon=-80.2552&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1045U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1045U-2017-04-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-200 (registry code 7103405, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA34200
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 155 total, 12 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/19781221021419I

## Narrative

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

NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED ON LANDING. A RIGHT HAND TRUNION BUSHING HAD SEPARATED FROM TRUNION ASSEMBLY.

## Other reports on N1045U (2)

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

- [Incident 19980208003189I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980208003189I), Feb 8, 1998: Piper PA34200 (N1045U), Winston Salem, NC, Minor damage. Narrative: private pilot was receiving multiengine training at int. Pilot and instructor were practicing takeoffs and full stop landings on runway 04. After…
- [Incident 19830722042479I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830722042479I), Jul 22, 1983: Piper PA34200 (N1045U), Miami, FL, Minor damage. Gear was allowed to remain up due to traffic on runway and a possible go around. Then proceeded to land gear up.

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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