# Incident 19841125074329I: Piper PA34200, Youngstown, OH, November 25, 1984

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 25, 1984, 13:15 local time
- Place: Youngstown, OH
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.0998° N, 80.6495° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Youngstown, OH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.0998&lon=-80.6495&mi=10
- Aircraft: N15018, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N15018) (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
- Reported engine: LYC IO360C1E6
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,000 total, 10 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19841125074329I

## Narrative

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

NOSE GEAR WOULD NOT EXTEND FOR LANDING. LINKAGE BOLT WAS IMPROPERLY INSTALLED.

## Other reports on N15018 (2)

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

- [Incident 19880923052139I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880923052139I), Sep 23, 1988: Piper PA34200 (N15018), Rochester, NY. Recycled landing gear after indication of possible problem. Safe gear light came on and landed safely.
- [Incident 19851016058959I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19851016058959I), Oct 16, 1985: Piper PA34200 (N15018), Rochester, NY, Minor damage. Right main collapsed during turn off runway. Rodents had chewed through electrical wire, squat switch was faulty.

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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