# Incident 19910520028559I: Piper PA44180, Washington, PA, May 20, 1991

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 20, 1991, 20:30 local time
- Place: Washington, PA
- Airport: Washington County Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.1365° N, 80.2902° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WASHINGTON COUNTY (AFJ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1365&lon=-80.2902&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2173S, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2173S) (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: 2,800 total, 400 in this make and model, 80 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910520028559I

## Narrative

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

NOSE WHEEL COLLAPSED ON LANDING ROLLOUT. BOLT HAD SHEARED ON DRAG LINK. HAD EXCESSIVE PLAY IN BUSHING.

## Other reports on N2173S (2)

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

- [Accident 20170713014439A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170713014439A), Jul 13, 2017: Piper PA-44-180 (N2173S), Marineland, FL, Destroyed, 2 fatal. On July 13, 2017, at approximately 2300 eastern daylight time, a Piper PA-44-180, N2173S, was destroyed during a descent and subsequent inflight breakup near…
- [Accident 20070607014639A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070607014639A), Jun 7, 2007: Piper PA44180 (N2173S), Lumberton, NJ, Substantial damage. (-23) The CFI and student onboard stated: after taking control of the aircraft from [privacy data omitted] (student), [privacy data omitted] (CFI) was unable…

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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