19840701029109A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA34200 · Hickory, NC · July 1, 1984

Date
July 1, 1984 · 14:43 local
Place
Hickory, NC
Airport
Municipal
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N4886T
NTSB investigation
NTSBATL84LA215
Reported as
Piper PA34200
Reported engine
Lycoming IO360C1E6
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,428 total664 in this make and model62 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Aircraft landed with nose gear retracted because bolt which secured nose gear centering spring hung up in linkage.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT LANDED WITH NOSE GEAR RETRACTED BECAUSE BOLT WHICH SECURED NOSE GEAR CENTERING SPRING HUNG UP IN LINKAGE.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.