# Incident 19850730068459I: Piper PA44180, Vero Beach, FL, July 30, 1985

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 30, 1985, 11:30 local time
- Place: Vero Beach, FL
- Airport: Vero Beach Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.6556° N, 80.4180° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at VERO BEACH RGNL (VRB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.6556&lon=-80.4180&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3072T (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA44180
- Reported engine: LYC O360E1A6
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,250 total, 500 in this make and model, 300 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850730068459I

## Narrative

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

NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED ON LANDING. OVER CENTER LOCK SHEARED AND SAFETY LOCK BENT. PREVIOUS HARD LANDINGS PROBABLE.

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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