# Incident 19810129007409I: Piper PA23, Lake Dallas, TX, January 29, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 29, 1981, 17:00 local time
- Place: Lake Dallas, TX
- Airport: Lakeview
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.1314° N, 97.0142° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LAKEVIEW (30F), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.1314&lon=-97.0142&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1196P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1196P-1982-12-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23 (registry code 7102302, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 9,500 total, 2,500 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810129007409I

## Narrative

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

RIGHT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED ON TOUCHDOWN DUE TO UPPER DRAG LINK FAILURE.

## Other reports on N1196P (1)

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

- [Accident 19820407069409A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820407069409A), Apr 7, 1982: Piper PA23 (N1196P), Newark, TX, Destroyed. Left engine lost prop blade. Imbalance opened cowling,bent engine mounts. Kept control by high speed crash landing.

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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