# Incident 20050326011709I: Piper PA44180, Hayward, CA, March 26, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 26, 2005, 13:19 local time
- Place: Hayward, CA
- Airport: Hayward Air Terminal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.6688° N, 122.0808° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hayward, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6688&lon=-122.0808&mi=10
- Aircraft: N79JT, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N79JT) (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: 3,100 total, 85 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/20050326011709I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT WAS ON TAXIWAY AFTER LANDING WHEN NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED. NO INJURY TO PILOT/PASSENGER. THE NOSE GEAR DRAG LINK ASSY FAILED AT THE ATTACH POINT. THE DRAG LINK APPEARS TO BE ORIGINAL. THE BELLY AREA, DIRECTLY BEHIND THE NOSE GEAR WELL SHOWS EVIDENCE OF A PREVIOUS REPAIR TO THE SKIN. PTRS AND AIRCRAFT RECORDS DO NOT SHOW ANY PRIOR ACCIDENTS OR INCIDENTS. AIRCRAFT DAMAGE LIMITED TO NOSE SKIN, FORWARD OF GEAR DOOR, NOSE GEAR DOORS, AND PROP/ENGINE DAMAGE DUE TO PROP STRIKES AFTER COLLAPSE OF NOSE GEAR. BOTH ENGINES AND PROPS ARE BEING REMOVED FOR REPAIR AT THIS TIME.

## Other reports on N79JT (2)

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

- [Incident 20200725006869I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200725006869I), Jul 25, 2020: Piper PA-44-180 (N79JT), San Jose, CA, Minor damage. Upon landing at Reid-Hillview airport nose landing gear collapsed. Mechanic reported broken draglink bolt. No injuries.
- [Incident 20160210024099I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160210024099I), Feb 10, 2016: Piper PA-44-180 (N79JT), San Jose, CA, Minor damage. Pilot stated that as they performed a run up prior to flight that one of the engines quit and he was unable to restart. He requested taxi back to parking.…

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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