# Incident 19960802027019I: Piper PA34200T, San Jose, CA, August 2, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 2, 1996, 22:30 local time
- Place: San Jose, CA
- Airport: San Jose International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.3394° N, 121.8950° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of San Jose, CA, within about 8 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.3394&lon=-121.8950&mi=10
- Aircraft: N47766, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N47766) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,650 total, 850 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960802027019I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON AUGUST 2, 1996, AT APPROXIMATELY 2230 PST, A PIPER SENECA II (PA-34-200T), N47766, OPERATED BY DR. GORDON LEVIN, A CERTIFICATED PILOT, DAMAGED THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR ON ROLL OUT AFTER AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING AT SAN JOSE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (IAP), CA. THE DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT WAS LIMITED TO THE LEFT MAIN GEAR FORWARD AND AFT SUPPORT FITTING ASSEMBLY'S, MINOR SHEET METAL DAMAGE, LANDING GEAR LINKAGE, AND THE LANDING GEAR DOOR. THERE WAS NO APPARENT WING SPAR DAMAGE. THE DAMAGE IS DETERMINED TO BE MINOR. DR. LEVIN STATED THAT AT APPROXIMATELY 2200L HE DEPARTED MONTEREY AIRPORT ENROUTE TO SAN JOSE IAP. HIS FLIGHT WAS VFR AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. DR. LEVIN STATED THAT HE DID TWO (2) "TOUCH AND GO" LANDINGS AND ONE FULL STOP LANDING ON RUNWAY 30R. HIS THIRD (FINAL)LANDING WAS UNEVENTFUL AND NOT A HARD LANDING. AFTER ROLL-OUT AND WHILE TAXIING BACK TO HIS PARKING SPOT HE NOTICED THE AIRCRAFT WAS HARD TO STEER AND THAT IT CRABBED TO THE RIGHT. A VISUAL INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT SHOW THE AIRCRAFT LANDING GEAR DID NOT APPEAR TO BE STRAIGHT. HE ADVISED A MECHANIC TO INSPECT HIS AIRCRAFT ON AUGUST 5, 1996. A VISUAL INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT ON AUGUST 6, 1996 OF THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR AREA REVEALED THAT THREE (3) BOLTS HOLDING THE AFT SUPPORTING FITTING IN PLACE WERE MISSING, ONLY THE TOP INBOARD BOLT IS IN PLACE. THE AFT SUPPORT FITTING ROTATED IN A CCW DIRECTION ALLOWING THE LEFT TRUNNION TO MOVE, THUS DAMAGING THE FORWARD SUPPORT FITTING AND OTHER GEAR LINKAGE. DIRECTLY AFT OF THE AFT SUPPORT FITTING AN INSPECTION PANEL WAS REMOVED. IN THIS AREA THREE (3) NUTS WERE FOUND AND THE REMAINING BOLT AND NUT WAS LOOSE. A REVIEW OF THE AIRCRAFT LOGBOOK DETERMINED THAT THE MAINTENANCE WAS PERFORMED IN THIS AREA ON NOVEMBER 1, 1995. ^PRIVACY DATA OMI^ NO FAA 8020-11 GENERATED.

## Other reports on N47766 (2)

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

- [Accident 19880326006569A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880326006569A), Mar 26, 1988: Piper PA34200T (N47766), Columbia, CA, Substantial damage. Landed long,fast and porpoised. Ran off end of runway colliding with a metal drain gate. Left main gear collapsed.
- [Incident 19831105070429I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831105070429I), Nov 5, 1983: Piper PA34200 (N47766), San Carlos, CA, Minor damage. Right wing struck a parked aircraft while leaving the parking area.

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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