# Incident 19820723041439I: Piper PA38112, Westhampton Bea, NY, July 23, 1982

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 23, 1982, 11:40 local time
- Place: Westhampton Bea, NY
- Airport: Suffolk Co
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Location: 40.8301° N, 72.6507° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8301&lon=-72.6507&mi=10
- Aircraft: N26005 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA38112
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 53 total, 23 in this make and model, 23 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC82IA162](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC82IA162) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820723041439I

## Narrative

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

RIGHT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED TAXIING OFF RUNWAY. TWO SECONDARY ATTACH BOLTS PULLED THROUGH THE BARREL NUT PLATE.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB NYC82IA162](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC82IA162), Jul 23, 1982: Piper PA-38-112 (N26005), Westhampton Bea, NY, incident, minor damage

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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