# Incident 19860813047189I: Piper PA24, Rockport, TX, August 13, 1986

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 13, 1986, 20:15 local time
- Place: Rockport, TX
- Airport: Rockport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.0478° N, 97.0499° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Rockport, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.0478&lon=-97.0499&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7902P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7902P-1993-05-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24 (registry code 7102402, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,250 total, 1,247 in this make and model, 27 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860813047189I

## Narrative

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

ROD ASSEMBLY ON NOSE GEAR BROKE ON LANDING, ALLOWING THE NOSE GEAR TO COLLAPSE.

## Other reports on N7902P (1)

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

- [Accident 19921030044489A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19921030044489A), Oct 30, 1992: Piper PA24180 (N7902P), Kelso, CA, Destroyed, 2 fatal. Wreckage and weather indicated loss of control en route at night. Forecast for mountains obscured rain,turbulence .

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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