# Incident 19790423024839I: Piper PA32/, San Antonio, TX, April 23, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 23, 1979, 10:35 local time
- Place: San Antonio, TX
- Airport: International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.4241° N, 98.4936° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of San Antonio, TX, within about 13 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.4241&lon=-98.4936&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3476W, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3476W) (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 PA32/
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,729 total, 97 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/19790423024839I

## Narrative

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

LEFT MAIN COLLAPSED DURING TURN AFTER LANDING. ATTACH BOLTS FAILED, HAD BEEN WEAKENED BY PREVIOUS HARD LANDING.

## Other reports on N3476W (1)

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

- [Accident 19771222040519A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19771222040519A), Dec 22, 1977: Piper PA32260 (N3476W), Oklahoma City, OK, Substantial damage

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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