# Incident 19810106005289I: Piper PA28181, Farmingdale, NY, January 6, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 6, 1981, 10:25 local time
- Place: Farmingdale, NY
- Airport: Republic
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Location: 40.7293° N, 73.4134° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at REPUBLIC (FRG), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7293&lon=-73.4134&mi=10
- Aircraft: N28224 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28181
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,360 total, 80 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/19810106005289I

## Narrative

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

LOST NOSE WHEEL CONTROL. NOSE GEAR CYLINDER BOLT CRACKED AROUND WELD ALLOWING NOSE GEAR TO SWIVEL FREELY.

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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