# Incident 19791205047769I: Piper PA44180, Bloomington, IN, December 5, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 5, 1979, 17:15 local time
- Place: Bloomington, IN
- Airport: Monroe Co
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.1460° N, 86.6167° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MONROE COUNTY (BMG), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.1460&lon=-86.6167&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2193K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2193K-1990-06-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-44-180 (registry code 7104402, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-44-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA44180
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 500 total, 1 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/19791205047769I

## Narrative

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

NOSE GEAR FAILED ON TOUCHDOWN. CAUSE UNKNOWN. PIPER IS TESTING. PN670008, #6714400, #587847. OTHER FAILURES KNOWN

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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