# Incident 19880814041059I: Piper PA44180, Long Beach, CA, August 14, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 14, 1988, 15:12 local time
- Place: Long Beach, CA
- Airport: Long Beach - Daugherty Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.7670° N, 118.1892° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Long Beach, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7670&lon=-118.1892&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2095K, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2095K) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-44-180 (registry code 7104402, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-44-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA44180
- Reported engine: LYC O360C1A
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,000 total, 200 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880814041059I

## Narrative

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

NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED ON ROLLOUT. AIRCRAFT SKIDDED DOWN RUNWAY. FOUND NOSE GEAR DOWN LOCK PIN WAS BENT.

## Other reports on N2095K (2)

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

- [Incident 19891114060499I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19891114060499I), Nov 14, 1989: Piper PA44180 (N2095K), Long Beach, CA, Minor damage. Nose gear collapsed on landing. Unable to find any malfunction.
- [Incident 19880302012899I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880302012899I), Mar 2, 1988: Piper PA44180 (N2095K), Long Beach, CA, Minor damage. Landing gear collapsed on rollout. Found left hand oleo strut housing broke below the webb radius.

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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