# Incident 19791209047519I: Piper PA28140, Live Oak, FL, December 9, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 9, 1979, 16:00 local time
- Place: Live Oak, FL
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.2956° N, 82.9851° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Live Oak, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.2956&lon=-82.9851&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9874W, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9874W) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28140
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 959 total, 156 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/19791209047519I

## Narrative

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

PILOT LANDED FAST AND HARD. NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED AFTER BOUNCING.

## Other reports on N9874W (1)

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

- [Incident 20130701015389I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130701015389I), Jul 1, 2013: Piper PA-28-140 (N9874W), Quinhagak, AK, Minor damage. Aircraft in cruise flight 500 AGL with one soul onboard, experienced a loss of engine RPM. Attempted to restart without success. Radioed a mayday call and…

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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