# Incident 19980208003189I: Piper PA34200, Winston Salem, NC, February 8, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 8, 1998, 13:45 local time
- Place: Winston Salem, NC
- Airport: Smith Reynolds
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.1337° N, 80.2220° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SMITH REYNOLDS (INT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1337&lon=-80.2220&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1045U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1045U-2017-04-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-200 (registry code 7103405, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA34200
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,400 total, 7 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980208003189I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: PRIVATE PILOT WAS RECEIVING MULTIENGINE TRAINING AT INT. PILOT AND INSTRUCTOR WERE PRACTICING TAKEOFFS AND FULL STOP LANDINGS ON RUNWAY 04. AFTER THIRD LANDING AIRCRAFT NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED DURING ROLLOUT PRIOR TO TURN OFF AT TAXI J LOWER SIDE OF AIRCRAFT NOSE SCRAPED RUNWAY 60 FEET BEFORE COMING TO FULL STOP. MINIMAL DAMAGE TO UNDERSIDE, BOTH PROPELLERS BENT. SUBSEQUENT INSPECTION INDICATED FRACTURED ROD END BEARING. THE FRACTURE OCCURRED DIRECTLY ABOVE LOCK NUT ON DOWNLOCK LINK ASSEMBLY.

## Other reports on N1045U (2)

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

- [Incident 19830722042479I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830722042479I), Jul 22, 1983: Piper PA34200 (N1045U), Miami, FL, Minor damage. Gear was allowed to remain up due to traffic on runway and a possible go around. Then proceeded to land gear up.
- [Incident 19781221021419I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781221021419I), Dec 21, 1978: Piper PA34200 (N1045U), Opa Locka, FL, Minor damage. Nose gear collapsed on landing. A right hand trunion bushing had separated from trunion assembly.

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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