# Incident 19960517031719I: Piper PA34200, Terre Haute, IN, May 17, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 17, 1996, 15:27 local time
- Place: Terre Haute, IN
- Airport: Hulman Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.4667° N, 87.4139° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Terre Haute, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.4667&lon=-87.4139&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1460T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1460T-2005-05-12) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 500 total, 70 in this make and model, 95 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960517031719I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON MAY 17, 1996, AT APPROXIMATELY 1530 EST, A PIPER PA-34, N1406T, OPERATED BY BROWN FLYING SCHOOL AND PILOTED BY DANIEL LEHENBAUER ON AN INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT, EXPERIENCED A NOSE GEAR COLLAPSE ON LANDING ON RUNWAY 23 AT HULMAN REGIONAL AIRPORT (HUF) IN TERRE HAUTE, INDIANA. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE CREW AND MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT BY FSDO AIRWORTHINESS PERSONNEL DETERMINED THAT THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSE WAS DUE TO A BROKEN DOWNLOCK BRACKET. AN INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT BY FAA AIRWORTHINESS PERSONNEL DETERMINED THAT THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED DUE TO A BROKEN DOWNLOCK BRACKET.

## Other reports on N1460T (3)

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

- [Incident 19970720025129I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970720025129I), Jul 20, 1997: Piper PA34200 (N1460T), La Porte, IN, Minor damage. Three greens landing. Nose gear collapsed on rollout. Possible failure in gear system.
- [Incident 19950831036559I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950831036559I), Aug 31, 1995: Piper PA34200 (N1460T), North Platte, NE, Minor damage. Lost right engine near lbf. Landed at airport. Rod bolts broke. Cylinder detached from engine case. 476 hrs on tbo.
- [Incident 19891029043459I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19891029043459I), Oct 29, 1989: Piper PA34200 (N1460T), Tallahassee, FL, Minor damage. Unable to lower gear. Landed gear up. Propeller and nose damage.

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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