# Incident 19960724027709I: Piper PA34200, Stockton, CA, July 24, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 24, 1996, 11:48 local time
- Place: Stockton, CA
- Airport: Stockton Metropolitan
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.8933° N, 121.2381° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Stockton Metropolitan Airport (SCK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.8933&lon=-121.2381&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1508G (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA34200
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,086 total, 90 in this make and model, 211 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960724027709I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: WHILE APPROACHING TO LAND AT THE TRACY AIRPORT (036) THE PILOT WAS UNABLE TO GET A GEAR DOWN AND LOCKED INDICATION. PILOT ELECTED TO FLY TO THE STOCKTON AIRPORT (SCK) DUE TO CRASH CREWS BEING AVAILABLE ON THE AIRPORT. PILOT LANDED AIRCRAFT GEAR UP WITH ENGINES STOPPED TO MINIMIZE DAMAGE. DURING THE RETRIEVAL OF THE AIRCRAFT FROM THE RUNWAY IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE BOLT HOLDING THE SHIMMY DAMPER ON THE NOSE GEAR WAS THE IMPROPER TYPE AND HAD CAUSED THE NOSE GEAR TO REMAIN IN THE UP POSITION. INVESTIGATION FAILED TO DETERMINE PERSON OR PARTY THAT HAD INSTALLED THIS BOLT. SDR FILED.

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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