# Incident 19851226067979I: Piper PA32R300, Chicago, IL, December 26, 1985

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 26, 1985, 06:12 local time
- Place: Chicago, IL
- Airport: Chicago Midway
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 41.7856° N, 87.7527° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CHICAGO MIDWAY INTL (MDW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.7856&lon=-87.7527&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8799E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8799E-1989-03-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32R-300 (registry code 7103213, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32r-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32R300
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,350 total, 400 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19851226067979I

## Narrative

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

DURING TAXI FOR DEPARTURE, NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED. NOSE GEAR DOWNLOCK HAD BROKEN.

## Other reports on N8799E (1)

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

- [Accident 19870922081079A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870922081079A), Sep 22, 1987: Piper PA32R300 (N8799E), Hillsdale, MI, Destroyed. Engine lost power at cruise. Descended through clouds and hit a tree trying to land. Cause of power loss undetermined

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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