FAA incident reports · 2
FAA accident and incident reports matched to this aircraft by N2197Z and the event date: after May 21, 1965, when the previous aircraft’s registration ended, through this one’s cancellation.
Incident 19950104001639IRoll-Out (Fixed Wing) · Mankato, MNNarrative: during training flight, could not get a green light indicating the nose gear was down and locked after following emergency procedures the aircraft was landed. Nose gear collapsed during landing, damaging both propellers and the nose. No injuries to…Incident 19910419017739IRoll-Out (Fixed Wing) · Mankato, MNNose landing gear collapsed on landing rollout. Caused by failure of nose gear drag link bolt.
Service difficulty reports · 3
Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model.
SDR YBN2003F00000Bearing · delaminatedNR 2 CONNECTING ROD BEARING WAS FOUND TO BE DELAMINATING. THE PROBLEM WAS DISCOVERED DURING A PRELIMINARY INSPECTION DURING AN OVERHAUL. TOTAL TIME IN SERVICE WAS 3480 HOURS. THE BEARINGS IN THE OTHER CONNECTING ROD LOCATIONS APPEARED TO HAVE NORMAL WEAR FOSDR 95ZZZX1892Support Angle · crackedDURING 100-HOUR INSPECTION, FOUND BOTH LOWER NOSE TRUNNION SUPPORT ANGLES SEVERELY CRACKED AT BOLT ATTACH POINTS DUE TO CONTINUED FLIGHT SCHOOL USAGE. THE POSSIBILITY OF REPETITIVE HARD LANDINGS HAS CAUSED THIS PROBLEM.SDR 95ZZZX479Link Assy · pin shearedPIPER ISSUED NOSE GEAR MODIFICATION KIT NR 764-378V HAS TO CHANGE THE COTTER PIN IN THE LOWER NOSE GEAR LINK ASSY TO A LONGER SIZE. THE 424-051 COTTER PIN IS TOO SMALL AND HAS CAUSED A NOSE GEAR FAILURE DUE TO THE COTTER PIN SHEARING OFF AND THE NUT BACKING O
Other aircraft with N2197Z · 1
The FAA can assign a mark to another aircraft once a registration is cancelled. No aircraft carries N2197Z now.