# Incident 19820313009019I: Piper PA34200T, Crested Butte, CO, March 13, 1982

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 13, 1982, 16:30 local time
- Place: Crested Butte, CO
- Airport: Crested Butte
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 38.8678° N, 106.9773° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Crested Butte, CO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8678&lon=-106.9773&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4574X, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4574X) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-200T (registry code 7103406, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-360 series (registry code 17019, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA34200T
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO360*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 15,000 total, 1,600 in this make and model, 160 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820313009019I

## Narrative

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

ON ROLLOUT, LEFT MAIN GEAR HIT SNOW RIDGE AND COLLAPSED WHEN DOWN LOCK BROKE.

## Other reports on N4574X (1)

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

- [Incident 19811019080259I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811019080259I), Oct 19, 1981: Piper PA34200T (N4574X), Canon City, CO, Minor damage. Claimed brake failed on landing. Aircraft swerved to the right off runway landing gear collapsed. No brake defect.

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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