# Incident 19790815031309I: Piper PA31T, Sanders, AZ, August 15, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 15, 1979, 09:30 local time
- Place: Sanders, AZ
- Airport: Navajo Station
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.2092° N, 109.3191° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sanders, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.2092&lon=-109.3191&mi=10
- Aircraft: N24E (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31T
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 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/19790815031309I

## Narrative

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

AS AIRCRAFT WAS BEING TAXIED ONTO CONCRETE RAMP WITH ONE INCH LIP, NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED. BROKEN IDLER LINK #41790-00

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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