32.7766° N, 79.9309° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Charleston, SC, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
January 31, 1979 · 09:44 local
Place
Charleston, SC
Airport
Municipal
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N1393T
Reported as
Piper PA34200
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
10,000 total340 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days
From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Bolt in landing gear pn 400274AN7-35 broke causing nose landing gear to collapse on rollout.
As the FAA filed it
BOLT IN LANDING GEAR PN 400274AN7-35 BROKE CAUSING NOSE LANDING GEAR TO COLLAPSE ON ROLLOUT.