# Incident 19781225020719I: Piper PA32260, Broken Bow, OK, December 25, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 25, 1978, 14:30 local time
- Place: Broken Bow, OK
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.0289° N, 94.7414° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Broken Bow, OK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0289&lon=-94.7414&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3879W, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3879W) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-260 (registry code 7103206, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-260) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32260
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 226 total, 36 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/19781225020719I

## Narrative

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

PILOT HEARD UNUSUAL NOISE AT LIFT OFF. ON LANDING, NOSE GEAR AND LEFT MAIN FOLDED. TORQUE LINK BOLT MISSING.

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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