# Incident 19960811026789I: Piper PA34200, San Bernadino, CA, August 11, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 11, 1996, 10:15 local time
- Place: San Bernadino, CA
- Airport: Norton Afb
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.1083° N, 117.2898° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of San Bernardino, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.1083&lon=-117.2898&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2844T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2844T-2017-12-22) (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
- Reported engine: LYC IO360C1E6
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,500 total, 15 in this make and model, 300 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960811026789I

## Narrative

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

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 20161207024701A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20161207024701A), Dec 7, 2016: Piper PA-34-200 (N2844T), Denton, TX, Substantial damage. On 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…

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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