# Accident 19890616057319A: Piper PA34200T, Las Cruces, NM, June 16, 1989

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 16, 1989, 11:15 local time
- Place: Las Cruces, NM
- Airport: Las Cruces International Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.2195° N, 106.9892° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.2195&lon=-106.9892&mi=10
- Aircraft: N36345, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N36345) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-200T (registry code 7103406, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-360 series (registry code 17019, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA34200T
- Reported engine: CONT LTSIO360EB
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,540 total, 30 in this make and model, 419 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN89LA138](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN89LA138) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890616057319A

## Narrative

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

LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED ON LANDING ROLL FOLLOWED BY RIGHT MAIN COLLAPSE. TRUNNION HOUSING HAD BROKEN.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB DEN89LA138](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN89LA138), Jun 16, 1989: Piper PA-34-200T (N36345), Las Cruces, NM, substantial damage. Probable cause: FAILURE OF THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR TRUNNION. A CONTRIBUTING FACTOR WAS: INADEQUATE INSPECTION PROCEDURE IN PIPER SERVICE BULLETIN #787A.

## Other reports on N36345 (1)

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

- [Incident 20140731014979I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140731014979I), Jul 31, 2014: Piper PA-34-200T (N36345), Valdosta, GA, Minor damage. Upon arrival at vld was met at the FBO by aircraft [privacy data omitted]. The aircraft had been removed from the taxi way the day before shortly after the…

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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