# Incident 19850220008489I: Piper PA32R301T, Santa Fe, NM, February 20, 1985

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 20, 1985, 13:47 local time
- Place: Santa Fe, NM
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.6870° N, 105.9378° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Santa Fe, NM, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.6870&lon=-105.9378&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8158B, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8158B) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32R-301T (registry code 7103220, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32r-301t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32R301T
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,600 total, 1,100 in this make and model, 85 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850220008489I

## Narrative

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

PILOT WAS READING A MAP WHILE TAXIING. LEFT TAXIWAY AND NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED IN SOFT DIRT.

## Other reports on N8158B (2)

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

- [Incident 20211223021339I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20211223021339I), Dec 23, 2021: Piper PA-32R-301T (N8158B), Granbury, TX, Minor damage. Aircraft being flown for rebuilt engine breakin. Flight normal. On gear down faint smell of smoke in cabin. On rollout to turnoff started to see smoke from…
- [Incident 20071224831859I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20071224831859I), Dec 24, 2007: Piper PA32R301T (N8158B), Destin, FL, Minor damage. (-23) On dec 24, 2007, at 0730 CST local, a Piper PA-32RG, N8158B, departed pensacola, FL (pns) and was passing through 10,0000'. Pilot noticed smoke coming…

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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