# Incident 19830405042619I: Piper J4E, Madison, WI, April 5, 1983

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 5, 1983, 10:10 local time
- Place: Madison, WI
- Airport: Dane County
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.2222° N, 89.4682° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DANE (WI65), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.2222&lon=-89.4682&mi=10
- Aircraft: N37996, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N37996) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper J4E (registry code 7100610, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-j4e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C85 series (registry code 17008, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c85-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER J4E
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 745 total, 47 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830405042619I

## Narrative

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

TOWER ADVISED RIGHT GEAR HANGING LOOSE. EMERGENCY LANDING. LOCK RING THAT SECURES LOWER STRUT ASSEMBLY FAILED.

## Other reports on N37996 (1)

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

- [Accident 19840101000229A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840101000229A), Jan 1, 1984: Piper J4E (N37996), White Bear Lake, MN, Substantial damage. Ski equipped main landing gear cluster separated at tubular welds attach point while landing on hard packed snow.

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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