# Incident 20000130003109I: Piper PA34200, Daytona Beach, FL, January 30, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 30, 2000, 12:45 local time
- Place: Daytona Beach, FL
- Airport: Daytona Beach Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.1799° N, 81.0580° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DAYTONA BEACH INTL (DAB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.1799&lon=-81.0580&mi=10
- Aircraft: N342PH, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N342PH-2018-08-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-200 (registry code 7103405, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 SER A&C (registry code 41511, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-ser-a-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA34200
- Reported engine: CONT IO360*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 775 total, 130 in this make and model, 75 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000130003109I

## Narrative

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

AT APPROXIMATELY 1230 LOCAL TIME DAYTONA BEACH TOWER (DAB) NOTIFIED PHIL AIR THE OPERATOR OF THE AIRCRAFT THAT N342PH WAS NOT GETTING A POSTIIVE GEAR INDICATION. A FLYBY WAS MADE BY THE TOWER TO MAKE A VISUAL INDICATION TO SEE IF THE LANDING GEAR WAS LOCK DOWN OR NOT.  THE SECOND FLY BY VERIFIED THAT THE NOSE GEAR WAS ONLY PARTIALLY EXTENDED.  AFTER ALL EFFORTS FAILED TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM IN THE AIR THE PILOT WAS TOLD TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY LANDING.  THE AIRCRAFT LANDED, AND THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED AND THE AIRCRAFT SKIDDED TO A HALT.  MAINTENANCE PEOPLE MANUALLY SECURED THE FRONT LANDING GEAR AND TOWED THE AIRPLANE TO PHIL AIR HANGER.  INSPECTION OF THE LANDIGN GEAR REVEALED THAT THE BALL CAME OUT OF THE CHANNELED GROVE.  THE AIRCRAFT SKIDDED ON ITS NOSE AND BOTH OF PROPELLER BLADES WERE DAMAGED ON LANDING.

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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