# Incident 19890904040529I: Piper PA44180, Richmond, VA, September 4, 1989

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 4, 1989, 09:45 local time
- Place: Richmond, VA
- Airport: Chesterfield County Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.5538° N, 77.4603° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Richmond, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.5538&lon=-77.4603&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9666C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9666C-1998-02-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-44-180 (registry code 7104402, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-44-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA44180
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,200 total, 165 in this make and model, 65 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890904040529I

## Narrative

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

LEFT GEAR COLLAPSED AS AIRCRAFT TURNED OFF RUNWAY. FOUND LEFT TRUNION HAD FAILED.

## Other reports on N9666C (2)

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

- [Incident 19960914032939I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960914032939I), Sep 14, 1996: Piper PA44180 (N9666C), Deland, FL, Minor damage. Narrative: on September 14, 1996, a Piper pa 44 aircraft made an unintentional gear up landing while operating under 14 CFR 91 flight rules on a local…
- [Incident 19900323024059I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900323024059I), Mar 23, 1990: Piper PA44180 (N9666C), Richmond, VA, Minor damage. Nose gear collapsed on rollout. Inspection revealed that the gear collapsed due to high impact forces on nose wheel

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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