# Incident 19791215046779I: Piper PA34200, Beaver Falls, PA, December 15, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 15, 1979, 15:20 local time
- Place: Beaver Falls, PA
- Airport: Co
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.7594° N, 80.3226° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Beaver Falls, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7594&lon=-80.3226&mi=10
- Aircraft: N56529, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N56529) (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: 1,349 total, 114 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/19791215046779I

## Narrative

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

NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED ON LANDING. NOSE LANDING GEAR DOWN LOCK SYSTEM DAMAGED, POSSIBLE HARD LANDING.

## Other reports on N56529 (1)

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

- [Incident 19820126000579I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820126000579I), Jan 26, 1982: Piper PA34200 (N56529), St Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, Minor damage. Nose gear collapsed after normal touchdown on landing. Pilot claims gear showed safe. No problem reported or found.

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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