# Incident 19810515039789I: Piper PA28R180, Vacaville, CA, May 15, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 15, 1981, 17:15 local time
- Place: Vacaville, CA
- Airport: Nut Tree
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.3782° N, 121.9612° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NUT TREE (VCB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.3782&lon=-121.9612&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3700T, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3700T) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-180 (registry code 7102809, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R180
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,300 total, 250 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810515039789I

## Narrative

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

NOSE GEAR DOWNLOCK PART NUMBER 6715003 BROKE DURING CROSSWIND LANDING WITH PROP DAMAGE. PILOT HAD GEARSAFE LIGHT.

## Other reports on N3700T (2)

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

- [Accident 20000524008829A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000524008829A), May 24, 2000: Piper PA28R180 (N3700T), Tonopah, NV, No damage. (-23) On may 24, 2000, the pilot and passenger, on the aircraft Piper PA-28R-180, N3700T, departed from willits muni (O28), enroute to Tonopah (tph), landed…
- [Incident 19840125011799I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840125011799I), Jan 25, 1984: Piper PA28R180 (N3700T), Palm Springs, CA, Minor damage. Touchdown with nose gear retracted. Found hydraulic reservoir empty. Hydraulic lines contained air. No leaks.

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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