# Incident 19841101060899I: Piper PA28RT201, Houston, TX, November 1, 1984

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 1, 1984, 12:16 local time
- Place: Houston, TX
- Airport: William P Hobby
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.6458° N, 95.2772° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WILLIAM P HOBBY (HOU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.6458&lon=-95.2772&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8473X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8473X-2022-07-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28RT-201T (registry code 7102817, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28rt-201t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28RT201
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,800 total, 200 in this make and model, 80 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19841101060899I

## Narrative

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

NOSE GEAR FAILED TO EXTEND. LANDED NOSE GEAR UP. NOSE GEAR JAMMED BY FLEXIBLE RAM AIR DUCT HOSE FOR CABIN HEAT.

## Other reports on N8473X (1)

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

- [Accident 19850629033249A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850629033249A), Jun 29, 1985: Piper PA28RT201T (N8473X), Fort Worth, TX, Substantial damage. Taxied off of taxiway while under guidance of a lineman. Damaged nose gear, right main gear and wing, also prop.

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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