32.7831° N, 96.8067° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Dallas, TX, within about 10 miles.Open in the map
Date
August 25, 1983 · 13:09 local
Place
Dallas, TX
Airport
Redbird
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N9318N
Reported as
Piper PA28R200
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
14,000 total2,000 in this make and model75 in the last 90 days
From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Nose gear collapsed on the landing roll. A bolt was bent in downlock assembly. Hard blow would unlock gear.
As the FAA filed it
NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED ON THE LANDING ROLL. A BOLT WAS BENT IN DOWNLOCK ASSEMBLY. HARD BLOW WOULD UNLOCK GEAR.