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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-180 · San Manuel, AZ · February 15, 1979

Date
February 15, 1979 · 15:45 local
Place
San Manuel, AZ
Airport
Municipal
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N8209W
Reported as
Piper PA28180
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
44 total11 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.

Nose gear collapsed after gust of wind raised nosewheel. Full left rudder left nose wheel cocked.

As the FAA filed it

NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED AFTER GUST OF WIND RAISED NOSEWHEEL. FULL LEFT RUDDER LEFT NOSE WHEEL COCKED.