# Incident 19831115071069I: Piper PA34200T, Wichita, KS, November 15, 1983

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 15, 1983, 07:57 local time
- Place: Wichita, KS
- Airport: Mid Continent
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.6922° N, 97.3375° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wichita, KS, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6922&lon=-97.3375&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3229Q, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3229Q) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 13,000 total, 500 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831115071069I

## Narrative

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

NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED ON LANDING ROLL. UPPER DRAG LINK BOLT HAD SHEARED BY FATIGUE.

## Other reports on N3229Q (1)

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

- [Incident 20021013031799I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021013031799I), Oct 13, 2002: Piper PA34200T (N3229Q), Palo Alto, CA, Minor damage. (-23) Pilot states: on landing at pao, the aircraft "bucked" up into the air and bounced, he believes, three times causing the nose gear to fail.

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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