# Incident 19870717049429I: Piper PA34220T, Mcgrath, AK, July 17, 1987

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 17, 1987, 16:45 local time
- Place: Mcgrath, AK
- Airport: Mcgrath
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 62.9564° N, 155.5958° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of McGrath, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=62.9564&lon=-155.5958&mi=10
- Aircraft: N83878, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N83878-2010-01-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-220T (registry code 7103420, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-220t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-360 series (registry code 17019, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA34220T
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 17,900 total, 1,100 in this make and model, 180 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870717049429I

## Narrative

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

DURING TAKEOFF FROM ROUGH RUNWAY THE RIGHT GEAR WAS DAMAGED AND FELL OFF. SAFE LANDING AT DESTINATION.

## Other reports on N83878 (2)

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

- [Incident 20080408833009I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080408833009I), Apr 8, 2008: Piper PA34220T (N83878), Wahpeton, ND, Minor damage. (-23) After an uneventful landing at the Wahpeton, ND airport, the pilot reported he was taxiing on the runway at low speed when the nose gear collapsed or…
- [Incident 20071030831239I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20071030831239I), Oct 30, 2007: Piper PA34220T (N83878), Willmar, MN, Minor damage. (-23) Nose gear failed to extend, elected to land on grass runway with gear retracted.

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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