# Incident 19990303020889I: Piper PA34200, Los Fresnos, TX, March 3, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 3, 1999, 14:30 local time
- Place: Los Fresnos, TX
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.0744° N, 97.4875° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Los Fresnos, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.0744&lon=-97.4875&mi=10
- Aircraft: XBKEQ (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA34200
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990303020889I

## Narrative

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

ON MARCH 3 1999, AIRCRAFT XB-KEQ A PIPER SENECA MODEL PA-34-200 EXPERIENCED A NOSE GEAR FAILURE DURING A TAKEOFF ROLL. THE FLIGHT WAS A TRAINING FLIGHT MR. JOSEPH LEON HOLLOMAN, CERT. NO 001894523 WAS INSTRUCTING MR. WILLIAM JERRY ELKINS. THE AIRCRAFT PROPELLERS WERE DAMAGED DURING THE INCIDENT AND THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE. THE MECHANIC MR. MALCOMB MCNABB SUBMITTED AN M OR D REPORT ON THE NOSE GEAR MOUNT ASSY. PART NO. 95724-02.

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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