# Incident 19801229089239I: Piper PA32RT300T, Lancaster, TX, December 29, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 29, 1980, 18:00 local time
- Place: Lancaster, TX
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.5921° N, 96.7561° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lancaster, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.5921&lon=-96.7561&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 PA32RT300T
- Reported engine: LYC TIO540S1AD
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 460 total, 5 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/19801229089239I

## Narrative

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

NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED DUE TO FAILED NOSE GEAR DOWNLOCK WHILE TAXIING.

## 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.…
- [Accident 19800825044249A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800825044249A), Aug 25, 1980: Piper PA32300 (N3049K), Decatur, TX, Substantial damage. Landed long & fast. Blew out main gear tire trying to stop. Ran off end, collapsed main & nose gear.

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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