# Incident 19870303032879I: Piper PA28RT201, Butler, PA, March 3, 1987

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 3, 1987, 14:00 local time
- Place: Butler, PA
- Airport: Butler County
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.8616° N, 79.8962° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Butler, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8616&lon=-79.8962&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8364N, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8364N-2010-05-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28RT-201 (registry code 7102818, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28rt-201) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 SER A&C (registry code 41511, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-ser-a-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28RT201
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,200 total, 1,200 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870303032879I

## Narrative

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

NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED ON ROLLOUT.  DAMAGE PREVENTED DETERMINATION OF DEFECTIVE RIGGING OF GEAR.

## Other reports on N8364N (3)

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

- [Incident 19941012038979I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19941012038979I), Oct 12, 1994: Piper PA28RT201 (N8364N), Beaver Falls, PA, Minor damage. Simulated forced landing from downwind carried out too low brushed tree tops. CFI took over. Went around. Landed.
- [Accident 19871111083359A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871111083359A), Nov 11, 1987: Piper PA28R201 (N8364N), Beaver Falls, PA, 1 fatal. Passenger got out to hand prop engine which started. Lost his balance fell into prop.
- [Incident 19861109078829I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19861109078829I), Nov 9, 1986: Piper PA28RT201 (N8364N), Pittsburgh, PA. Aircraft allegedly entered tca without a clearance. Encoding altimeter found out of tolerance.

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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