# Incident 19840615033019I: Piper PA34200, Sumter, SC, June 15, 1984

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 15, 1984, 13:55 local time
- Place: Sumter, SC
- Airport: Sumter
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: BKAA
- Location: 33.9950° N, 80.3613° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SUMTER (SMS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9950&lon=-80.3613&mi=10
- Aircraft: N56782, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N56782) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-200 (registry code 7103405, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA34200
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 13,500 total, 4,000 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840615033019I

## Narrative

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

LEFT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED ON LANDING. ATTACH BOLT MISSING ALLOWED TRUNNION TO MOVE AND BREAK. RECENT GEAR WORK.

## Other reports on N56782 (2)

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

- [Incident 20001124018849I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001124018849I), Nov 24, 2000: Piper PA34200 (N56782), Hagerstown, MD, Minor damage. (-23)On 11/24/00 [privacy data omitted] was on a routine VFR flight in the area of Garrett airport, near mchenry, MD. While lowering the landing gear on his…
- [Incident 19850410017289I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850410017289I), Apr 10, 1985: Piper PA34200 (N56782), Columbia, SC, Minor damage. Nose gear collapsed during taxi. Bolt that connects the drag link assembly to nose gear assembly broken.

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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