# Incident 20000430029689I: Piper PA34200T, River Ranch, FL, April 30, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 30, 2000, 14:30 local time
- Place: River Ranch, FL
- Airport: River Ranch Resort
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.7793° N, 81.2039° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at RIVER RANCH RESORT (2RR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.7793&lon=-81.2039&mi=10
- Aircraft: N676DB, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N676DB-2010-06-02) (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
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,499 total, 128 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000430029689I

## Narrative

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

(-23)ON APRIL 30, 2000, AT 1430 EDT, A PIPER PA34-200T, N676DB, INC., AND OPERATED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, LANDED ON RUNWAY 34 AT THE RIVER RANCH AIRPORT NEAR RIVER RANCH, FLORIDA.  DURING THE LANDING ROLLOUT THE NOSE GEAR RETRACTED CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE NOSE WHEEL DOORS, THE NOSE CONE, AND BOTH PROPELLERS.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AN NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.  NEITHER THE PILOT NOR THE PASSENGER WERE INJURED.  THE PILOT, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ HOLDS A PRIVATE PILOT CERTIFICATE WITH AN INSTRUMENT RATING, ^PRIVACY DAT^.  THE PLEASURE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT THE NEW SMYRNA AIRPORT, NEAR NEW SMYRNA, FLORIDA, ON APRIL 30 ,2000, AT APPROXIMATELY 1400 EDT.

## Other reports on N676DB (2)

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

- [Incident 20030329008979I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030329008979I), Mar 29, 2003: Piper PA34200T (N676DB), New Smyrnabeach, FL, Minor damage. (-23) Forgot to lower gear on landing.
- [Incident 19911222061639I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19911222061639I), Dec 22, 1991: Piper PA34200T (N676DB), Dallas, TX, Minor damage. Aircraft landed on wet runway. Departed end of runway. Hit two threshold lights with props.

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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