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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-34-200T · Seattle, WA · September 21, 1997

Date
September 21, 1997 · 12:06 local
Place
Seattle, WA
Airport
Boeing Field-King County International
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N36637
Reported as
Piper PA34200T
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

Narrative: on landing pilot reported having 3 green lights. Touchdown was normal until the nose gear touched and folded up. The aircraft structure at the nose gear actuator attach point failed causing the nose gear to fold under.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: ON LANDING PILOT REPORTED HAVING 3 GREEN LIGHTS. TOUCHDOWN WAS NORMAL UNTIL THE NOSE GEAR TOUCHED AND FOLDED UP. THE AIRCRAFT STRUCTURE AT THE NOSE GEAR ACTUATOR ATTACH POINT FAILED CAUSING THE NOSE GEAR TO FOLD UNDER.