# Incident 19910402018039I: Piper PA34200T, New Orleans, LA, April 2, 1991

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 2, 1991, 11:21 local time
- Place: New Orleans, LA
- Airport: Lakefront Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.0424° N, 90.0282° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LAKEFRONT (NEW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.0424&lon=-90.0282&mi=10
- Aircraft: N44447, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N44447-1994-04-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-200T (registry code 7103406, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA34200T
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 630 total, 1 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910402018039I

## Narrative

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

NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED ON A TOUCH AND GO LANDING. FOUND THE DOWN-LOCK BRACKET HAD FAILED.

## Other reports on N44447 (3)

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

- [Accident 19910614022019A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910614022019A), Jun 14, 1991: Piper PA34200T (N44447), New Orleans, LA, Substantial damage. Bounced,porpoised,collapsed a main gear. Lost control and spun around prior stopping.
- [Incident 19870822067419I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870822067419I), Aug 22, 1987: Piper PA34200 (N44447), Abbeville, LA, Minor damage. Landed hard damaging right main gear and wing tip. No multi engine rating or night check out in type.
- [Accident 19790305004119A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790305004119A), Mar 5, 1979: Piper PA34200T (N44447), Brawley, CA, Substantial damage. Aircraft struck by auto while taxing on taxiway after landing. Auto driver mistook taxiway for road.

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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