# Incident 19840208010519I: Piper J4A, Covington, TN, February 8, 1984

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 8, 1984, 13:45 local time
- Place: Covington, TN
- Airport: Covington
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.5834° N, 89.5872° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at COVINGTON MUNI (M04), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.5834&lon=-89.5872&mi=10
- Aircraft: N32775, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N32775) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper J4A (registry code 7100604, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-j4a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental A&C65 series (registry code 17003, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-a-c65-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER J4A
- Reported engine: CONT A658
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 450 total, 50 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840208010519I

## Narrative

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

LEFT MAIN GEAR BEGAN TO COLLAPSE. TRIED TO GO AROUND AND FLEW THRU A FENCE. LANDING GEAR BROKE AT A FATIGUE CRACK.

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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