# Incident 19790123003779I: Piper 601PSMITH, Romulus, MI, January 23, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 23, 1979, 06:20 local time
- Place: Romulus, MI
- Airport: Detroit Metro
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 42.2223° N, 83.3966° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Romulus, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.2223&lon=-83.3966&mi=10
- Aircraft: N107MW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N107MW-2011-03-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Smith AEROSTAR 600 (registry code 8360602, https://openairdocs.org/model/smith-aerostar-600) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER 601PSMITH
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,500 total, 125 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/19790123003779I

## Narrative

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

PLANE SLID SIDEWAYS AFTER TOUCHDOWN. HIT AN AREA OF NO ICE, LEFT MAIN COLLAPSED.

## Other reports on N107MW (2)

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

- [Accident 19851111058339A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19851111058339A), Nov 11, 1985: Piper PA60600 (N107MW), Birmingham, AL, Substantial damage. Aircraft settled prematurely and left gear struck lip of runway. Gear collapsed.
- [Incident 19851003060589I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19851003060589I), Oct 3, 1985: Piper PA60600 (N107MW), Mobile, AL. Pilot noted aircraft vibration en route. Safe landing. Found nose gear door fitting had pulled loose causing buffet

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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