# Incident 19991209041229I: Piper PA34200, Circleville, OH, December 9, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 9, 1999, 12:30 local time
- Place: Circleville, OH
- Airport: Pickaway County Memorial Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.5160° N, 82.9821° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PICKAWAY COUNTY MEML (CYO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.5160&lon=-82.9821&mi=10
- Aircraft: N57357, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N57357-2008-02-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-200 (registry code 7103405, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA34200
- Reported engine: LYC IO360C1E6
- Pilot flight hours: 10 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991209041229I

## Narrative

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

(-23) EXECUTING A SHORT LANDING-AFTER A SMOOTH TOUCH DOWN NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED. ALL LANDING GEAR DOWN LIGHT INDICATORS WERE ON AND SHOWED NO SIGN OF TROUBLE (THESE WERE VERIFIED 3 TIMES PRIOR TO TOUCH DOWN).  INSPECTION OF A/C FOUND NO STRUCTURAL DAMAGE.  PRELIMINARY FINDING FOUND NOSE LANDING GEAR DOWN LOCK ACTUATOR FROZEN AND DID NOT EXTEND FULLY TO ALLOW DOWNLOCK TO GO OVER CENTER.

## Other reports on N57357 (3)

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

- [Incident 19971208041649I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971208041649I), Dec 8, 1997: Piper PA34200 (N57357), Columbus, OH, Minor damage. Narrative: the pilot returned from a flight and was attempting to park the aircraft between tiedowns imbedded in concrete inside tires. The propeller struck…
- [Incident 19930603019209I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930603019209I), Jun 3, 1993: Piper PA34200 (N57357), Columbus, OH, Minor damage. Left main landing gear collapsed on landing rollout.
- [Incident 19900318011189I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900318011189I), Mar 18, 1990: Piper PA34200 (N57357), Houston, TX, Minor damage. Unable to retract right gear on climb. Returned. Right gear jammed with broken swivel stud.

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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