# Incident 19850225010609I: Piper PA28R201, Dallas, TX, February 25, 1985

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 25, 1985, 17:22 local time
- Place: Dallas, TX
- Airport: Redbird
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.7831° N, 96.8067° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Dallas, TX, within about 10 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7831&lon=-96.8067&mi=10
- Aircraft: N40004, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N40004) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-201 (registry code 7102816, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-201) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R201
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,800 total, 65 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850225010609I

## Narrative

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

NOSE GEAR RETRACTED DURING TAXI. BROKEN LINKAGE IN NOSE GEAR.

## Other reports on N40004 (1)

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

- [Incident 19790725021979I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790725021979I), Jul 25, 1979: Piper PA28R201 (N40004), El Paso, TX, Minor damage. Instructor and student lacked communication skills in cockpit. Student retracted gear instead of flaps.

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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