# Incident 19860424023489I: Piper PA34200, Martinsburg, WV, April 24, 1986

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 24, 1986, 12:15 local time
- Place: Martinsburg, WV
- Airport: Eastern Wv Regional/Shepherd
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.4024° N, 77.9830° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at EASTERN WV RGNL/SHEPHERD FLD (MRB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.4024&lon=-77.9830&mi=10
- Aircraft: N55489, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N55489-1997-07-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-200 (registry code 7103405, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA34200
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,100 total, 150 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860424023489I

## Narrative

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

DURING ROLLOUT RIGHT WING DROPPED. FOUND SUPPORT BRACKET HAD SEPARATED FROM ATTACH POINT.

## Other reports on N55489 (1)

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

- [Accident 19820109000439A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820109000439A), Jan 9, 1982: Piper PA34200 (N55489), Tomball, TX, Substantial damage. Wheel of aircraft fell into hole during taxi for takeoff. Construction site was not marked.

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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