# Incident 19800903068469I: Piper PA34200T, Alexander City, AL, September 3, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 3, 1980, 07:30 local time
- Place: Alexander City, AL
- Airport: T C Russell
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.9440° N, 85.9539° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Alexander City, AL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.9440&lon=-85.9539&mi=10
- Aircraft: N38625, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N38625) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-200T (registry code 7103406, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-360 series (registry code 17019, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA34200T
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,270 total, 35 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/19800903068469I

## Narrative

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

NOSE GEAR COLLAPSE AFTER LANDING. BOLT ATTACHING NOSE GEAR ACTUATOR ROD END TO THE NOSE STRUT FAILED.

## Other reports on N38625 (2)

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

- [Incident 19930414027799I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930414027799I), Apr 14, 1993: Piper PA34200T (N38625), La Verne, CA, Minor damage. Airspeed indicator failed. Landed fast. Aircraft vacillated. Propeller struck runway. Brakes failed, lost control.
- [Incident 19920115004449I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920115004449I), Jan 15, 1992: Piper PA34200T (N38625), La Verne, CA, Minor damage. Tower stated pilot flew final approach high and fast. Landed long and departed end of runway.

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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