# Incident 19870315035609I: Piper PA28R180, Greenville, SC, March 15, 1987

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 15, 1987, 15:40 local time
- Place: Greenville, SC
- Airport: Downtown
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.8369° N, 82.3630° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Greenville, SC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.8369&lon=-82.3630&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3888T, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3888T) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-180 (registry code 7102809, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R180
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 234 total, 120 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870315035609I

## Narrative

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

GO AROUND MADE AFTER PROPELLER STRUCK RUNWAY. RECYCLED GEAR AND LANDED. DAMAGE INDICATES LATE GEAR EXTENSION.

## Other reports on N3888T (1)

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

- [Incident 20171227023829I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20171227023829I), Dec 27, 2017: Piper PA-28R-180 (N3888T), Greenville, SC, Minor damage. During landing at Greenville Downtown (gmu) the right main gear failed to fully extend. The aircraft landed with the left main and nose properly extended in…

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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