# Incident 19890813028869I: Piper PA34200T, Santa Monica, CA, August 13, 1989

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 13, 1989, 20:24 local time
- Place: Santa Monica, CA
- Airport: Santa Monica Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.0158° N, 118.4513° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SANTA MONICA MUNI (SMO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0158&lon=-118.4513&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3040M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3040M-2020-05-29) (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
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 563 total, 26 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890813028869I

## Narrative

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

LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED ON LANDING ROLLOUT. LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR TRUNION HAD FAILED.

## Other reports on N3040M (2)

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

- [Incident 19890730047359I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890730047359I), Jul 30, 1989: Piper PA34200T (N3040M), Long Beach, CA. Aircraft observed flying low and making passes over queen mary ship. Pilot did not furnish information.
- [Incident 19810313024239I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810313024239I), Mar 13, 1981: Piper PA28R201 (N3040M), Anchorage, AK. Za pilot made pecautionary landing due to encounter with wake turbulence. Thought he had lost aileron control.

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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