# Incident 19900620046679I: Piper PA34200, Ft Lauderdale, FL, June 20, 1990

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 20, 1990, 00:42 local time
- Place: Ft Lauderdale, FL
- Airport: Ft Lauderdale Executive
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.1973° N, 80.1707° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FORT LAUDERDALE EXEC (FXE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.1973&lon=-80.1707&mi=10
- Aircraft: N15242, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N15242-1997-06-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-200 (registry code 7103405, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA34200
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900620046679I

## Narrative

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

UNABLE TO EXTEND NOSE GEAR. RETURNED DEPARTURE POINT. LANDED GEAR UP. CENTERING SPRING BOLT INCORRECTLY INSTALLED.

## Other reports on N15242 (1)

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

- [Incident 19910303016669I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910303016669I), Mar 3, 1991: Piper PA34200 (N15242), Ft Lauderdale, FL, Minor damage. Gear horn sounded after retraction. Recycled left gear would not extend. Gear up landing. Scissor bolt had failed.

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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