# Incident 20000618020509I: Piper PA34200T, Fort Collins, CO, June 18, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 18, 2000, 08:30 local time
- Place: Fort Collins, CO
- Airport: Fort Collins-Loveland Municipal Arp
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.5853° N, 105.0844° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fort Collins, CO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.5853&lon=-105.0844&mi=10
- Aircraft: N33316 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA34200T
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,100 total, 80 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000618020509I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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