# Incident 20050806017059I: Piper PA44180, Dubuque, IA, August 6, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 6, 2005, 11:10 local time
- Place: Dubuque, IA
- Airport: Dubuque Regional Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.4020° N, 90.7095° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DUBUQUE RGNL (DBQ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.4020&lon=-90.7095&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3104C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3104C) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-44-180 (registry code 7104402, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-44-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O-360 series (registry code 41575, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA44180
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 400 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050806017059I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AFTER LANDING, THE NOSE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO EXIT THE RUNWAY INTO A GRASSY AREA. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND THERE WAS MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL FOUND THE LOWER PIVOT POINT ON THE DRAG LINK ASSEMBLY BROKEN.

## Other reports on N3104C (1)

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

- [Incident 20050218002419I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050218002419I), Feb 18, 2005: Piper PA44180 (N3104C), Dubuque, IA, Minor damage. (-23) This incident involved a flight instructor and a student on a multiengine stage check for the university of Dubuque (GV8S). The aircraft was returning to…

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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