# Incident 19810313019919I: Piper PA32RT300, Chester, CT, March 13, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 13, 1981, 01:00 local time
- Place: Chester, CT
- Airport: Chester
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.3837° N, 72.5058° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CHESTER (SNC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3837&lon=-72.5058&mi=10
- Aircraft: N36069, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N36069-2012-10-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32RT-300 (registry code 7103215, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32rt-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32RT300
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 300 total, 40 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/19810313019919I

## Narrative

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

NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED DURING ROLLOUT DUE TO DOWNLOCK MECHANISM BROKE.

## Other reports on N36069 (2)

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

- [Accident 19910531018459A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910531018459A), May 31, 1991: Piper PA32RT300 (N36069), Wallingford, CT, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Struck trees in area of thunderstorms and heavy rain.
- [Incident 19800401046979I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800401046979I), Apr 1, 1980: Piper PA32RT300 (N36069), Ellington, CT, Minor damage. Pilot lost all electrical power, gear emergency procedure not properly performed. Landed gear up.

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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