# Incident 19900102003209I: Piper PA34200, Sanford, FL, January 2, 1990

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 2, 1990, 17:05 local time
- Place: Sanford, FL
- Airport: Sanford Regional Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.8228° N, 81.2633° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SANFORD (FL55), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.8228&lon=-81.2633&mi=10
- Aircraft: N56657, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N56657-2010-07-26) (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
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 240 total, 32 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900102003209I

## Narrative

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

NOSE GEAR RETRACTED WHILE TAXIING. BOLT ATTACHING DRAG LINK TO GEAR BROKE.

## Other reports on N56657 (1)

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

- [Incident 19870608065619I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870608065619I), Jun 8, 1987: Piper PA34200 (N56657), Birmingham, AL, Minor damage. Pilot forgot to extend the gear for landing. Landed gear up.

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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