# Incident 19840503027539I: Piper PA32RT300, Southlake, TX, May 3, 1984

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 3, 1984, 21:00 local time
- Place: Southlake, TX
- Airport: Goode
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.9545° N, 97.1489° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Southlake, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.9545&lon=-97.1489&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1978J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1978J-1996-01-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32RT-300 (registry code 7103215, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32rt-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32RT300
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,000 total, 400 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840503027539I

## Narrative

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

NOSE WHEEL COLLAPSED AFTER DROPPING INTO A HOLE WHILE TAXIING TO THE RAMP.

## Other reports on N1978J (1)

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

- [Accident 19950301002899A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950301002899A), Mar 1, 1995: Piper PA32RT300 (N1978J), Joliet, IL, Substantial damage. Low fuel pressure and power loss. Landed on a road. Struck embankment. NR4 cylinder separated studs had broken. (-23) aircraft was on an IFR flight plan on…

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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