# Incident 19790926049479I: Piper PA23250, Kahului, HI, September 26, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 26, 1979, 10:15 local time
- Place: Kahului, HI
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 20.8587° N, 156.4684° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Kahului, HI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=20.8587&lon=-156.4684&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5281Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5281Y-2013-04-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-250 (registry code 7102308, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23250
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,356 total, 550 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/19790926049479I

## Narrative

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

NOSE WHEEL BROKE OFF DURING A TAXI TURN. PILOT WAS OPERATING THE AIRPLANE WITH A LEAKY FUEL TANK.

## Other reports on N5281Y (1)

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

- [Incident 19781201021799I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781201021799I), Dec 1, 1978: Piper PA23250 (N5281Y), Kahului, HI, Minor damage. Left main collapsed after touchdown. A downlock spring was broken.

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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