# Incident 19940329008599I: Piagio FWP149D, Staunton-Waynes, VA, March 29, 1994

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 29, 1994, 17:50 local time
- Place: Staunton-Waynes, VA
- Airport: Shenandoah Valley Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.2638° N, 78.8964° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SHENANDOAH VALLEY RGNL (SHD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.2638&lon=-78.8964&mi=10
- Aircraft: N132FW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N132FW-2018-02-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Focke-Wulf FWP 149D (registry code 3540106, https://openairdocs.org/model/focke-wulf-fwp-149d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming GO-480-B1A6 (registry code 42159, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-go-480-b1a6) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIAGIO FWP149D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,281 total, 101 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940329008599I

## Narrative

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

SMOKE AND HOT SMELL NOTED ON FINAL NOSE GEAR WOULD NOT EXTEND. NORSE GEAR COLLAPSED. NOSE GEAR ACTUATOR FAILED.

## Other reports on N132FW (2)

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

- [Accident 20131117024329A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20131117024329A), Nov 17, 2013: Focke-Wulf FWP 149D (N132FW), Kenansville, NC, Destroyed, 1 fatal. On November 19,2013 I traveled with inspector bernhardt to investigate a fatal crash of a Focke-Wulf model :FWP149D N132FW that was destroyed when it impacted…
- [Incident 19930620023439I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930620023439I), Jun 20, 1993: Piagio FWP149D (N132FW), Staunton-Waynes, VA, Minor damage. Unable to lock nose gear down. Nose gear collapsed on rollout. Nose gear had not locked over center.

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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