# Incident 19860710054919I: Piper PA34200T, Angola, IN, July 10, 1986

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 10, 1986, 06:50 local time
- Place: Angola, IN
- Airport: Tri State Steuben Co
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.6397° N, 85.0835° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TRI-STATE STEUBEN COUNTY (ANQ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6397&lon=-85.0835&mi=10
- Aircraft: N577SA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N577SA-2021-06-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-200T (registry code 7103406, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-360 series (registry code 17019, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA34200T
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO360E
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,802 total, 35 in this make and model, 194 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860710054919I

## Narrative

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

NOSE GEAR DRAG LINK BROKE ON LANDING ALLOWING THE NOSE GEAR TO COLLAPSE. SMALL FIRE PUT OUT IN BATTERY AREA.

## Other reports on N577SA (3)

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

- [Incident 20200427013059I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200427013059I), Apr 27, 2020: Piper PA-34-200T (N577SA), San Bernardino, CA, Minor damage. On April 27, 2020 Piper N577SA was on a training flight from it's base airport of redlands CA to San Bernardino international airport for landing practice. On…
- [Incident 19991216036079I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991216036079I), Dec 16, 1999: Piper PA34200T (N577SA), Sylvania, GA, Minor damage. (-23) Pilot landed aircraft hard and turned fast and the right landing gear collapsed.
- [Accident 19780522011199A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780522011199A), May 22, 1978: Piper PA34200 (N577SA), Eufaula, AL, Substantial damage

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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