# Incident 19940103001029I: Piper PA34200, Houston, TX, January 3, 1994

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 3, 1994, 13:30 local time
- Place: Houston, TX
- Airport: David Wayne Hooks Memorial Arp
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: QHXV
- Location: 29.7633° N, 95.3633° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Houston, TX, within about 14 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7633&lon=-95.3633&mi=10
- Aircraft: N16364 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA34200
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,310 total, 450 in this make and model, 120 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940103001029I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: WHILE TAXIING FOR TAKEOFF, THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED. THE PROP STRUCK THE GROUND TURNING THE AIRCRAFT TO THE RIGHT MOVING ABOUT 15 FEET. RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR HINGE BOLT BECAME LOOSE AND BACKED OUT OF THE BARREL NUT ALLOWING GEAR TO COLLAPSE. REPORT CLOSED.

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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