# Accident 19810124001969A: Piper PA23235, Ft Worth, TX, January 24, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 24, 1981, 18:00 local time
- Place: Ft Worth, TX
- Airport: Sycamore
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.7254° N, 97.3208° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fort Worth, TX, within about 11 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7254&lon=-97.3208&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4927P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4927P-2006-02-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-235 (registry code 7102306, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-235) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23235
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10,796 total, 170 in this make and model, 310 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW81DPD08](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW81DPD08) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810124001969A

## Narrative

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

GEAR COLLAPSED DURING LANDING ROLL. INVESTIGATION REVEALED BOLT BROKE IN LOWER SCISSORS FORK, RIGHT GEAR.

## 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 FTW81DPD08](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW81DPD08), Jan 24, 1981: Piper PA-23 (N4927P), Fort Worth, TX, substantial damage

## Other reports on N4927P (1)

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

- [Accident 19981110031729A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981110031729A), Nov 10, 1998: Piper PA23235 (N4927P), Mineral Wells, TX, 1 fatal. Pilot in command of the acft passed away while flying. (.4)on November 10, 1998, 1030 central standard time, a Piper, PA-23-235 multi-engine airplane, N492P,…

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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