# Accident 19921206049279A: Piper PA32RT300T, Jaffrey, NH, December 6, 1992

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 6, 1992, 12:45 local time
- Place: Jaffrey, NH
- Airport: Jaffrey Municipal Silver Ranch
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.8051° N, 72.0030° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at JAFFREY AIRFIELD SILVER RANCH (AFN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.8051&lon=-72.0030&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3017P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3017P-1993-01-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32RT-300T (registry code 7103216, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32rt-300t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32RT300T
- Reported engine: LYC TIO540S1AD
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 549 total, 216 in this make and model, 22 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC93LA036](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC93LA036) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19921206049279A

## Narrative

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

VEERED OFF RUNWAY ON TAKEOFF. RAN DOWN EMBANKMENT. NOSED OVER. NOSE GEAR STRUT HAD FAILED DUE BAD ATTACH WELD.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB NYC93LA036](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC93LA036), Dec 6, 1992: Piper PA-32RT-301T (N3017P), Jaffrey, NH, substantial damage. Probable cause: AN IMPROPER WELD BY OTHER MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL WHICH RESULTED IN THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSING, AND A LOSS OF DIRECTIONAL CONTROL ON TAKEOFF.

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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