# Incident 19891030064019I: Piper PA44180, Kent, OH, October 30, 1989

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 30, 1989, 20:15 local time
- Place: Kent, OH
- Airport: Kent State Univ Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.1457° N, 81.3644° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Kent, OH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.1457&lon=-81.3644&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8307E (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA44180
- Reported engine: LYC O360E1A6
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,300 total, 15 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19891030064019I

## Narrative

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

NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED ON ROLLOUT. THE NOSE GEAR DOWN LATCH HAD FAILED.

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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