# Incident 19800414050559I: Piper PA34200, Alton, IL, April 14, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 14, 1980, 10:29 local time
- Place: Alton, IL
- Airport: Civic Memorial
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 38.9039° N, 90.1512° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Alton, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.9039&lon=-90.1512&mi=10
- Aircraft: N40996, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N40996-1995-04-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-200T (registry code 7103406, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA34200
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,241 total, 23 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/19800414050559I

## Narrative

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

LANDING GEAR WAS DAMAGED ON TOUCHDOWN AT ST. CHARLES. FLIGHT DIVERTED TO ALTON WHERE RIGHT GEAR COLLAPSED

## Other reports on N40996 (1)

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

- [Accident 19940724019119A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940724019119A), Jul 24, 1994: Piper PA34200T (N40996), Lumberton, NJ, Destroyed. Circling to runway 01. Bounced three times. Began go around. Veered into trees. Lost control trying to recover.

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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