# Incident 19820126000579I: Piper PA34200, St Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, January 26, 1982

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 26, 1982, 20:30 local time
- Place: St Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands
- Airport: Harry S. Truman
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 18.3533° N, 64.9365° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Saint Thomas, VI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=18.3533&lon=-64.9365&mi=10
- Aircraft: N56529, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N56529) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-200 (registry code 7103405, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA34200
- Reported engine: CONT IO360A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,800 total, 75 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/19820126000579I

## Narrative

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

NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED AFTER NORMAL TOUCHDOWN ON LANDING. PILOT CLAIMS GEAR SHOWED SAFE. NO PROBLEM REPORTED OR FOUND.

## Other reports on N56529 (1)

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

- [Incident 19791215046779I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791215046779I), Dec 15, 1979: Piper PA34200 (N56529), Beaver Falls, PA, Minor damage. Nose gear collapsed on landing. Nose landing gear down lock system damaged, possible hard 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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