# Incident 19811204086471I: Piper PA32R300, Greenville, ME, December 4, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 4, 1981, 21:15 local time
- Place: Greenville, ME
- Airport: Greenville
- Damage: Minor damage
- Collision: Midair collision, first aircraft
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.4628° N, 69.5516° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GREENVILLE MUNI (3B1), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.4628&lon=-69.5516&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4945F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4945F-1991-08-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32R-300 (registry code 7103213, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32r-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32R300
- Reported engine: LYC IO540K1G5
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total, 100 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811204086471I

## Narrative

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

ON LANDING ROLL WITH GEAR DOWN AND LOCKED, NOSE GEAR DOWN LOCK HOOK BROKE AND NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED.

## Other reports on N4945F (3)

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

- [Accident 19891114045249A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19891114045249A), Nov 14, 1989: Piper PA32R300 (N4945F), Raleigh-Durham, NC, Destroyed. Engine lost power on ILS approach in dense fog at night. Crashed into trees.
- [Incident 19790804030949I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790804030949I), Aug 4, 1979: Piper PA32R300 (N4945F), Norwood, MA, Minor damage. During takeoff roll pilot noticed he had no airspeed indication. Dirt in static system. Overran runway end.
- [Incident 19780302014119I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780302014119I), Mar 2, 1978: Piper PA32R300 (N4945F), Bedford, MA, Minor damage. Pilot lost directional control on an icy taxiway. Slid into a snowbank.

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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