# Incident 19791129045169I: Piper PA34200, Danville, VA, November 29, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 29, 1979, 09:20 local time
- Place: Danville, VA
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.5860° N, 79.3950° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Danville, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.5860&lon=-79.3950&mi=10
- Aircraft: N42309, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N42309-2022-12-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-200 (registry code 7103405, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA34200
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,000 total, 700 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/19791129045169I

## Narrative

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

NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED DURING LANDING DUE TO FAILED BOLT ON NOSE GEAR DOWN LOCK ASSEMBLY P/N 862753.

## Other reports on N42309 (3)

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

- [Incident 20210601007419I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210601007419I), Jun 1, 2021: Piper PA-34-200 (N42309), Somereset, KY, Minor damage. During short field touchdown the nose was held high and when landing gear contacted the ground it folded into the partially retracted position causing both…
- [Incident 20031014033309I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031014033309I), Oct 14, 2003: Piper PA34200 (N42309), Lawrence, MA, Minor damage. (-23) During rollout after a normal landing, the nose gear collapsed on N42309, a Piper PA-34-200. An investigation determined that the nose gear failed due to…
- [Incident 19990511020019I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990511020019I), May 11, 1999: Piper PA34200 (N42309), Albany, NY, Minor damage. Aircraft landed gear up on runway #1 at Albany international airport. Pilot was in the process of performing an emergency landing after reporting to Albany…

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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