# Accident 19801022078349A: Piper PA34200T, Whiteriver, AZ, October 22, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 22, 1980, 15:30 local time
- Place: Whiteriver, AZ
- Airport: Whiteriver
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.8106° N, 109.9857° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WHITERIVER (E24), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8106&lon=-109.9857&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5463F, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5463F) (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: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 162 total, 55 in this make and model, 17 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX81DUJ24](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX81DUJ24) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801022078349A

## Narrative

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

LANDED NOSE WHEEL FIRST. FAILED TO MAINTAIN CONTROL BACK PRESSURE ON LEVEL-OFF.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB LAX81DUJ24](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX81DUJ24), Oct 22, 1980: Piper PA-34 (N5463F), Whiteriver, AZ, substantial damage

## Other reports on N5463F (1)

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

- [Incident 20190329006279I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190329006279I), Mar 29, 2019: Piper PA-34-200T (N5463F), Sparta, TN, Minor damage. March 29, 2019 a Piper senca ii, N5436F with pilot and [privacy data omitted] acting as pilot in command experienced a left main landing gear collaspe. Weather…

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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