# Accident 19980406005939A: Piper PA34200T, Ft Lauderdale, FL, April 6, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 6, 1998, 10:15 local time
- Place: Ft Lauderdale, FL
- Airport: Ft Lauderdale Executive
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.1897° N, 80.1703° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.1897&lon=-80.1703&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8269A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8269A-2014-11-26) (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
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO360E
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,800 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA98LA125](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA98LA125) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980406005939A

## Narrative

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

UNSAFE GEAR LIGHT. DID FLY BY APPEARED TO BE DOWN. LT GEAR COLLAPSED DUE FAULTY ORINGS ALLOWED FLUID TO BY PASS. (.4)THE PILOT SMELLED A FRAGRANCE SIMILAR TO SOLVENT IN CRUISE FLIGHT. A SHORT TIME LATER, THE GEAR WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED, WENT OUT, REPEATED THE SEQUENCE, AND THEN REMAINED ON CONTINUOUSLY. THE TOWER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE SITUATION AND A FLYBY WAS CONDUCTED. ATTEMPTS TO LOWER ALL THREE LANDING GEAR WITH A SAFE GEAR INDICATION WAS UNSUCCESSFUL. ON LANDING ROLLOUT THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED. EXAMINATION REVEALED THAT THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR WOULD NOT FULLY EXTEND. THE O-RINGS IN THE HYDRAULIC CYLINDER FAILED, AND HYDRAULIC FLUID HAD LEAKED OUT.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB MIA98LA125](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA98LA125), Apr 6, 1998: Piper PA-34-200T (N8269A), Fort Lauderdale, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The failure of the O-rings in the landing gear hydraulic cylinder.

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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