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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA34200T · Fort Collins, CO · June 18, 2000

Date
June 18, 2000 · 08:30 local
Place
Fort Collins, CO
Airport
Fort Collins-Loveland Municipal Arp
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N33316
Reported as
Piper PA34200T
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,100 total80 in this make and model20 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) The FAA certified flight instructor pilot privacy data omitted was conducting flight instruction for his multiengine student privacy data omitted at the ft. Collins/Loveland airport (fnl). Winds were light at 4 knots, and they had made two previous uneventful landings. On the third landing privacy data omitted was on the controls. The aircraft touched down smoothly and the nose ger collapsed. Subsequent investigation by a mechanic indicated the upper end of the nose gear actuator had torn loose from the airframe.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE FAA CERTIFIED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR PILOT ^PRIVACY DAT^ WAS CONDUCTING FLIGHT INSTRUCTION FOR HIS MULTIENGINE STUDENT ^PRIVACY DA^ AT THE FT. COLLINS/LOVELAND AIRPORT (FNL). WINDS WERE LIGHT AT 4 KNOTS, AND THEY HAD MADE TWO PREVIOUS UNEVENTFUL LANDINGS. ON THE THIRD LANDING ^PRIVACY DA^ WAS ON THE CONTROLS. THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN SMOOTHLY AND THE NOSE GER COLLAPSED. SUBSEQUENT INVESTIGATION BY A MECHANIC INDICATED THE UPPER END OF THE NOSE GEAR ACTUATOR HAD TORN LOOSE FROM THE AIRFRAME.