# Incident 19800402047539I: Piper PA34200, Galena, IL, April 2, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 2, 1980, 12:00 local time
- Place: Galena, IL
- Airport: Apple Canyon Lake
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ops On Grnd From Ldg/Rtrcrft
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.4221° N, 90.4278° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Galena, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.4221&lon=-90.4278&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1055U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1055U-2015-05-18) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,500 total, 400 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/19800402047539I

## Narrative

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

LEFT MAIN FORWARD TRUNNION ASSEMBLY BROKEN. GEAR COLLAPSED AFTER LANDING. NO SIGN OF SLOW CRACK PROPOGATION.

## Other reports on N1055U (1)

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

- [Incident 19780602041569I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780602041569I), Jun 2, 1978: Piper PA34200 (N1055U), Juneau, WI, Minor damage. Nose gear collapsed during landing roll. Nose gear mount assembly had failed where actuator cylinder attaches.

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.