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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA32* · Freeport, Bahamas · July 23, 1981

Date: July 23, 1981 · 10:43 local
Place: Freeport, Bahamas
Airport: Freeport
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N4430T
Reported as: Piper PA32*
People aboard: 4
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 2,100 total150 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

N4430TRegistration cancelled May 3, 1982 · Piper PA-34-200S/N 34-7250094 · Built 1972 Airframe modelPiper PA-34-200

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Nose gear collapsed after touchdown. Maintenance found retract jack actuator mount broken.

As the FAA filed it

NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED AFTER TOUCHDOWN. MAINTENANCE FOUND RETRACT JACK ACTUATOR MOUNT BROKEN.