# Incident 19800327034189I: Piper PA31T, Farmingdale, NY, March 27, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 27, 1980, 03:20 local time
- Place: Farmingdale, NY
- Airport: Republic
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: AAEA
- Location: 40.7293° N, 73.4134° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at REPUBLIC (FRG), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7293&lon=-73.4134&mi=10
- Aircraft: N200FD, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N200FD-1989-01-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31T (registry code 7103124, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-60A (registry code 52043, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-60a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31T
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 700 total, 300 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/19800327034189I

## Narrative

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

NOSE GEAR SIDEWAYS AT TOUCHDOWN. SCISSORS BOLT MISSING.

## Other reports on N200FD (1)

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

- [Accident 19870320007269A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870320007269A), Mar 20, 1987: Piper PA31T (N200FD), Lawrence, MA, Destroyed. Missed approach second try, advised descent to 400 AGL below mda. Flew into rising terrain.

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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