# Incident 19960329010599I: Piper PA34200T, Pasco, WA, March 29, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 29, 1996, 07:27 local time
- Place: Pasco, WA
- Airport: Tri Cities Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: OHGA
- Location: 46.2649° N, 119.1194° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TRI-CITIES (PSC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.2649&lon=-119.1194&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9670K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9670K-2026-06-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-200T (registry code 7103406, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-360 series (registry code 17019, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA34200T
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO360EB
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,225 total, 1,150 in this make and model, 225 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960329010599I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON ABOUT A 31/2 MILE FINAL, I LOWERED THE LANDING GEAR @ 120 KIAS & HAD (3) GREEN GEAR DOWN & LOCKED LIGHTS; SAW THE NOSE GEAR IN THE SIDE CONVEX MIRROR. THE GEAR "FELT" DIFFERENT THAN USUAL & I RE-CYCLED THE GEAR AGAIN. AGAIN, (3) GREENS AND A NOSE GEAR IN THE MIRROR. ALSO, THE NOSE GEAR DID GO UP & AGAIN DOWN AS I WATCHED IT IN THE MIRROR. I TOUCHED DOWN ON THE RUNWAY, 21R @ PASCO ABOUT 10 KTS. ABOVE STALL SPEED. I KEPT FULL AFT ELEVATOR PRESSURE & EASED INTO THE BRAKES. THE NOSE GEAR HELD AS I CONTINUED MY ROLL-OUT. I CONTINUED TO FEEL UNEASY ABOUT THE GEAR & PROCEEDED TO PULL THE MIXTURE CONTROLS BACK TO IDLE CUT-OFF. (I WAS GOING TO SHUT DOWN; MOVE THE PROPS TO A HORIZONTAL POSITION & CALL FOR A TOW TO ELIMINATE A/C DAMAGE.) AS THE MIXTURES CAME BACK, THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED AND I SKIDDED APPROXIMATELY 10-12 FEET STRAIGHT FORWARD. I CALLED THE TOWER, SECURED THE AIRCRAFT REGARDING FUEL, THROTTLES, MIXTURE, MAGS & MASTER AND EXITED THE AIRCRAFT. BERGSTROM AIRCRAFT CAME WITH A COME-ALONG AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS TOWED OFF THE RUNWAY.

## Other reports on N9670K (3)

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

- [Incident 19970520023109I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970520023109I), May 20, 1997: Piper PA34200T (N9670K), Death Valley, CA, Substantial damage. Narrative: the pilot and passenger originally departed hayward airport on the morning of may 20, 1997. After landing at lee vining (024) and bishop (bih),…
- [Incident 19930123006839I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930123006839I), Jan 23, 1993: Piper PA34200T (N9670K), Pocatello, ID, Minor damage. Unsafe gear light on climbout. Unable to get green light. Returned. Nose gear collapsed on rollout.
- [Incident 19920226007789I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920226007789I), Feb 26, 1992: Piper PA34200T (N9670K), Boise, ID, Minor damage. Pilot taxiing toward ramp saw another aircraft taxiing toward him. Moved left and ran off edge into ditch.

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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