# Accident 19800825044249A: Piper PA32300, Decatur, TX, August 25, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 25, 1980, 09:10 local time
- Place: Decatur, TX
- Airport: Decatur
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.2542° N, 97.5805° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DECATUR MUNI (LUD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.2542&lon=-97.5805&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3049K, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3049K) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32RT-300T (registry code 7103216, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32rt-300t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32300
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 126 total, 40 in this make and model, 37 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800825044249A

## Narrative

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

LANDED LONG & FAST. BLEW OUT MAIN GEAR TIRE TRYING TO STOP. RAN OFF END, COLLAPSED MAIN & NOSE GEAR.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

## Other reports on N3049K (2)

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

- [Incident 20161006016239I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20161006016239I), Oct 6, 2016: Piper PA-32RT-300T (N3049K), Hot Springs, AR, Minor damage. On October 6, 2016, at 1630 CST, a Piper PA-32, N3049K, registered to quachita regional anesthesia, pllc, experienced a right gear collapse on landing rollout.…
- [Incident 19801229089239I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801229089239I), Dec 29, 1980: Piper PA32RT300T (N3049K), Lancaster, TX, Minor damage. Nose gear collapsed due to failed nose gear downlock while taxiing.

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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