# Incident 19860726059249I: Piper PA34200, Big Beark Lake, CA, July 26, 1986

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 26, 1986, 14:00 local time
- Place: Big Beark Lake, CA
- Airport: Big Bear
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.2638° N, 116.8560° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BIG BEAR CITY (L35), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2638&lon=-116.8560&mi=10
- Aircraft: N43623, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N43623-2012-11-21) (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
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 22,000 total, 3,000 in this make and model, 92 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860726059249I

## Narrative

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

UNABLE TO LOWER NOSE GEAR FOR LANDING. FOUND HYDRAULIC LINES CHAFED AT NOSE BULKHEAD.

## Other reports on N43623 (2)

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

- [Incident 19990222020239I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990222020239I), Feb 22, 1999: Piper PA34200 (N43623), Long Beach, CA, Minor damage. Upon landing on runway 25R nose gear collapsed causing minor damage to propellers and lower nose skin area. No injuries to pilot and passenger.
- [Incident 19980602018149I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980602018149I), Jun 2, 1998: Piper PA34200 (N43623), Van Nuys, CA, Minor damage. On go around right engine powered up slow. Left powered up fast. Assymetrical thrust. Aborted ran off rwy hit sign.

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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