# Accident 19891205049099A: Piper PA34220T, Houston, TX, December 5, 1989

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 5, 1989, 17:30 local time
- Place: Houston, TX
- Airport: David Wayne Hooks Memorial Arp
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.0896° N, 95.6098° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.0896&lon=-95.6098&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8426B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8426B-2013-06-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-220T (registry code 7103420, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-220t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-360 series (registry code 17019, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA34220T
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO360KB
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,083 total, 101 in this make and model, 126 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW90LA042](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW90LA042) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19891205049099A

## Narrative

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

NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED ON TAKEOFF ROLL,VEERED OFF RUNWAY,HIT TAXIWAY LIGHTS AND A DITCH. GEAR CHECKED OK AFTERWARDS.

## 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 FTW90LA042](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW90LA042), Dec 5, 1989: Piper PA-34 (N8426B), Tomball, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: COLLAPSE OF THE NOSE GEAR FOR AN UNDETERMINED REASON.

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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