# Accident 19990902046109A: Piper PA34220T, Nantucket, MA, September 2, 1999

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 2, 1999, 17:54 local time
- Place: Nantucket, MA
- Airport: Nantucket Memorial
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.2533° N, 70.0605° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NANTUCKET MEML (ACK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.2533&lon=-70.0605&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6915Z, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6915Z) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-220T (registry code 7103420, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-220t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-360 series (registry code 17019, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA34220T
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD99LA064](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD99LA064) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990902046109A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT LANDED RUNWAY 06. PILOT FELT RIGHT SIDE SETTLE AND RIGHT WING HIT RUNWAY. PILOT THEN FELT THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSE AND AIRCRAFT SKIDDED TO A STOP. INVESTIGATION REVEALED RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR BROKEN AT THE AFT WEB AREA AS REFERENCED IN AD 94-13-11. CRACKS APPEAR TO HAVE BEEN THERE. AD IS NOT APPLICABLE TO THIS AIRCRAFT BY SERIAL NUMBER. M OR D AND SAFETY RECOMMENDATION WILL FOLLOW.

## 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 IAD99LA064](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD99LA064), Sep 2, 1999: Piper PA-34-220T (N6915Z), Nantucket, MA, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's inadequate recovery from a bounced landing which resulted in a hard landing and the fracture and collapse of the right main landing gear.

## Other reports on N6915Z (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20090730047989I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090730047989I), Jul 30, 2009: Piper PA-34-220T (N6915Z), Ronkonkoma, NY, Substantial damage. Pilot reported unsafe nose gear indication prior to landing. After four attempts to lower landing gear performed low pass at kisp tower, personnel indicated…

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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