# Incident 19970502026289I: Piper PA34200T, Pompano Beach, FL, May 2, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 2, 1997, 10:30 local time
- Place: Pompano Beach, FL
- Airport: Pompano Beach Airpark Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.2474° N, 80.1111° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at POMPANO BEACH AIRPARK (PMP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.2474&lon=-80.1111&mi=10
- Aircraft: N831SR (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA34200T
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO360E
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,100 total, 16 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970502026289I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: DEPARTED FXE ON ROUTINE PLEASURE FLIGHT WITH ONE PASSENGER ON BOARD TO PAHOKEE AIRPORT. ACCOMPLISHED TOUCH AND GO LANDING PRIOR TO NOSE GEAR COLLAPSING. PRIOR TO TOUCH AND GO PILOT GOT 3 GREEN LITES AND THE UNSAFE GEAR INDICATION WENT OUT BEFORE TOUCHDOWN, ON SECOND LANDING THE PILOT HAD SAME INDICATIONS, 3 GREEN GEAR LITES AND THE UNSAFE GEAR INDICATION EXTINGUISHED PRIOR TO LANDING. UPON LANDING FELT MAIN WHEELS TOUCHDOWN AND DID NOT NOTICE NOSE GEAR NOT EXTENDED. AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO THE RADOME, RADAR ANTENA, LT PROP AND RT PROP. AIRCRAFT WAS FERRIED TO SABASTIAN AERO SERVICE FOR REPAIR.

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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