# Incident 19901214063219I: Piper PA30, Willimantic, CT, December 14, 1990

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 14, 1990, 14:45 local time
- Place: Willimantic, CT
- Airport: Windham Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.7440° N, 72.1802° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WINDHAM (IJD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.7440&lon=-72.1802&mi=10
- Aircraft: N40DA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N40DA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-30 (registry code 7103002, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-320 series (registry code 41509, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA30
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total, 60 in this make and model, 90 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19901214063219I

## Narrative

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

NOSE AND RIGHT GEAR COLLAPSED ON LANDING ROLLOUT. FOUND NOSE AND RIGHT GEAR APPEARED IMPROPERLY RIGGED.

## Other reports on N40DA (1)

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

- [Incident 19891013056199I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19891013056199I), Oct 13, 1989: Piper PA30 (N40DA), White Plains, NY, Minor damage. Hard landing gear collapsed on rollout. Retract rods were bent. Emergency extension assembly broke.

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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