# Incident 19840124011539I: Piper PA32RT300T, Wise, VA, January 24, 1984

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 24, 1984, 19:30 local time
- Place: Wise, VA
- Airport: Wise
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.9769° N, 82.5811° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wise, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.9769&lon=-82.5811&mi=10
- Aircraft: N60WS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N60WS-2015-02-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32RT-300T (registry code 7103216, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32rt-300t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32RT300T
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,000 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840124011539I

## Narrative

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

NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED ON THE TAKEOFF ROLL. AIRCRAFT VEERED OFF THE RUNWAY. DOWNLOCK HOOK HAD BROKEN.

## Other reports on N60WS (4)

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

- [Incident 20131207024159I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20131207024159I), Dec 7, 2013: Piper PA-32RT-300T (N60WS), Manchester, NH, Minor damage. Pilot executed a go-around when he realized the landing gear was not extended as the propeller scraped the runway. He then reported a rough running engine,…
- [Incident 20051226031619I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20051226031619I), Dec 26, 2005: Piper PA32RT300T (N60WS), Marthas Vineyar, MA, Minor damage. (-23) Pilot landed on runway 24 at mvy and admitted that he forgot to extend the landing gear.
- [Incident 20010828024089I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010828024089I), Aug 28, 2001: Piper PA32RT300T (N60WS), Mattituck, NY, Minor damage. (-23) Pilot landed with wind, overshot runway 01 @ 21N.
- [Incident 19900518034569I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900518034569I), May 18, 1990: Piper PA32RT300T (N60WS), St Petersburg-C, FL, Minor damage. Unable to lower nose gear. Landed on mains with nose gear partially down. Nose gear steering assembly had failed.

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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