# Incident 19960719026569I: Piper PA34200, St Petersburg-C, FL, July 19, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 19, 1996, 20:30 local time
- Place: St Petersburg-C, FL
- Airport: St Petersburg-Clearwater International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.9102° N, 82.6874° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at St. Petersburg Clearwater International Airport (PIE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.9102&lon=-82.6874&mi=10
- Aircraft: N15445, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N15445-2004-12-02) (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: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,040 total, 22 in this make and model, 216 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960719026569I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: PILOT MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING DUE TO AN UNSAFE NLG INDICATION - NLG STUCK IN THE UP POSITION, WOULD NOT EXTEND - RESULTING IN DAMAGE TO THE NOSE RADOME AND NLG DOORS ONLY. INSPECTION OF THE NLG SYSTEM REVEALED A SHEARED NLG CHANNEL BOLT (AN4-7A) POSSIBLY CAUSED BY A DEFORMED CHANNEL (P/N 95394-00). THE DEFECTIVE CHANNEL MAY HAVE CAUSED THE FORWARD BOLT TO SHEAR, TURNING THE CHANNEL, THEN PREVENTING THE NLG ACTUATOR (CHANNEL) BALL FROM FULL TRAVEL BY JAMMING AGAINST THE SIDE OF THE CHANNEL - PREVENTING NORMAL - NLG EXTENSION. INCIDENT CLOSED.

## Other reports on N15445 (4)

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

- [Incident 19890613038939I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890613038939I), Jun 13, 1989: Piper PA34200 (N15445), Ft Lauderdale, FL, Minor damage. Left gear collapsed while waiting for takeoff. Found main gear truss bracket had failed.
- [Incident 19801220087789I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801220087789I), Dec 20, 1980: Piper PA34200 (N15445), Louisville, KY, Minor damage. Prop struck taxiway because of dip at edge of grassy area.
- [Incident 19801002072409I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801002072409I), Oct 2, 1980: Piper PA34200 (N15445), Ypsilanti, MI, Minor damage. Zd ze nose baggage door came open on takeoff run. Aborted takeoff and ran off end of runway. Ac out of annual
- [Incident 19780223001729I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780223001729I), Feb 23, 1978: Piper PA34200 (N15445), Kirksville, MO, Minor damage. Nose gear could not be fully extended, collapsed. Steering channel and track assembly damaged from towing.

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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