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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-34-200 · San Bernadino, CA · August 11, 1996

Date: August 11, 1996 · 10:15 local
Place: San Bernadino, CA
Airport: Norton Afb
Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N2844T
Reported as: Piper PA34200
Reported engine: Lycoming IO360C1E6
People aboard: 3
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 3,500 total15 in this make and model300 in the last 90 days

N2844TRegistration cancelled Dec 22, 2017 · Piper PA-34-200S/N 34-7250174 · Built 1972 Airframe modelPiper PA-34-200 Engine modelLycoming I0360 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Narrative: on Sunday, August 11, 1996 at 1015 PDT, Mr. Naotaka kawaguchi, departed san bernardino international airport (sbd) in Piper seneca PA-34-200, N2844T to practice maneuvers and landings with his student Mr. Takemichi jogaki. At 1155 PDT, Mr. Jogaki was practicing touch and go's at sbd when the nose gear collapsed within one to two seconds following the fifth landing. Upon further investigation, the top of the trunnion had failed by cracking around the bolt that connects the upper drag link to the nose gear trunnion. The metal was severely corroded. This part was the original part from the date of manufacture in 1972. Several sdrs existed noting the same problem due to lack of lubrication fittings. A malfunction or defect report was submitted by the operator. This incident investigation is now closed.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: ON SUNDAY, AUGUST 11, 1996 AT 1015 PDT, MR. NAOTAKA KAWAGUCHI, DEPARTED SAN BERNARDINO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (SBD) IN PIPER SENECA PA-34-200, N2844T TO PRACTICE MANEUVERS AND LANDINGS WITH HIS STUDENT MR. TAKEMICHI JOGAKI. AT 1155 PDT, MR. JOGAKI WAS PRACTICING TOUCH AND GO'S AT SBD WHEN THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED WITHIN ONE TO TWO SECONDS FOLLOWING THE FIFTH LANDING. UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION, THE TOP OF THE TRUNNION HAD FAILED BY CRACKING AROUND THE BOLT THAT CONNECTS THE UPPER DRAG LINK TO THE NOSE GEAR TRUNNION. THE METAL WAS SEVERELY CORRODED. THIS PART WAS THE ORIGINAL PART FROM THE DATE OF MANUFACTURE IN 1972. SEVERAL SDRS EXISTED NOTING THE SAME PROBLEM DUE TO LACK OF LUBRICATION FITTINGS. A MALFUNCTION OR DEFECT REPORT WAS SUBMITTED BY THE OPERATOR. THIS INCIDENT INVESTIGATION IS NOW CLOSED.

Other reports on N2844T · 1

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

Accident 20161207024701ATaxi · Denton, TXOn December 7, 2016, at 1230 CST, a Piper PA-34-200, N2844T, s/n 34-7250174, owned by us aviation group LLC, 4850 spartan dr., Denton, TX 76207, following a student training flight, had a taxi to park accident, involving a second aircraft. The aircraft,…Dec 7, 2016 · Substantial damage