# Incident 19800402047109I: Piper PA32R300, Bismarck, ND, April 2, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 2, 1980, 13:03 local time
- Place: Bismarck, ND
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ops On Grnd From Ldg/Rtrcrft
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.8083° N, 100.7837° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bismarck, ND, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.8083&lon=-100.7837&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4909F (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32R300
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 800 total, 150 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/19800402047109I

## Narrative

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

GEAR LIGHTS INDICATED SAFE GEAR. NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED AFTER LANDING. DOWNLOCK HOOK HAD BEEN BROKEN PREVIOUSLY.

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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