# Incident 19830605033569I: Piper PA28140, Cumberland, MD, June 5, 1983

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 5, 1983, 19:45 local time
- Place: Cumberland, MD
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.6517° N, 78.7579° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Cumberland, MD, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.6517&lon=-78.7579&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8078N, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8078N-2013-08-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28140
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 392 total, 341 in this make and model, 114 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830605033569I

## Narrative

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

RIGHT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED ON LANDING. UPPER AND LOWER WING BOLTS HAD SHEARED OFF.

## Other reports on N8078N (1)

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

- [Incident 19821212067919I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19821212067919I), Dec 12, 1982: Piper PA28140 (N8078N), Cumberland, MD, Minor damage. Student encountered crosswind on rollout. Veered off runway. Porpoised several times causing nose gear to collapse.

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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