# Incident 20000605032599I: Piper PA34200, Olive Branch, MS, June 5, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 5, 2000, 21:10 local time
- Place: Olive Branch, MS
- Airport: Olive Branch Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.9787° N, 89.7869° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Olive Branch Airport (OLV), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.9787&lon=-89.7869&mi=10
- Aircraft: N55363, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N55363) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,100 total, 100 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000605032599I

## Narrative

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

(-23)PILOT MADE NORMAL APPROACH TO OLV RUNWAY 36. NORMAL LANDING, FELT MAINS TOUCHED BUT NOT NOSE GEAR.  NOSE GEAR UNSAFE INDICATOR LIGHT CAME ON.  THROTTLES WERE ADVANCED BUT PROPS STRUCK RUNWAY, ENGINES WERE IDLED AND SHUT DOWN.  INVESTIGATION REVEALED MATERIAL FAILURE OF RETRACT ACTUATOR BRACKET AND BOLT.FAILURE ALLOWED OVERCENTER ARM TO BECOME DISPLACED AND HYDRAULICS COULD NOT SUSTAIN THE NOSE GEAR IN A DOWN POSITION.

## Other reports on N55363 (1)

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

- [Incident 19920520024229I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920520024229I), May 20, 1992: Piper PA34200 (N55363), Watertown, WI, Minor damage. Nose gear collapsed on landing rollout. Upper drag link bolt had failed.

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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