# Incident 19891023055709I: Piper PA44180, Beaver Falls, PA, October 23, 1989

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 23, 1989
- Place: Beaver Falls, PA
- Airport: Beaver County Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.7725° N, 80.3914° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BEAVER COUNTY (BVI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7725&lon=-80.3914&mi=10
- Aircraft: N30101, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N30101) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-44-180 (registry code 7104402, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-44-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA44180
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,513 total, 100 in this make and model, 266 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19891023055709I

## Narrative

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

NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED ON ROLLOUT. DOWN LOCK WAS WORN AND LOCK FORCED OVER BUSHING WHEN GEAR FAILED.

## Other reports on N30101 (1)

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

- [Incident 19870605018899I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870605018899I), Jun 5, 1987: Piper PA44180 (N30101), Youngstown, OH, Minor damage. Nose gear collapsed on rollout. Cause not reported.

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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