# Incident 20000819026199I: Piper PA34200T, Long Beach, CA, August 19, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 19, 2000, 13:55 local time
- Place: Long Beach, CA
- Airport: Long Beach - Daugherty Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.7670° N, 118.1892° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Long Beach, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7670&lon=-118.1892&mi=10
- Aircraft: N134RJ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N134RJ-2018-01-10) (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: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 330 total, 33 in this make and model, 118 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000819026199I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON FINAL APPROACH TO LGB THE PILOT NOTICED AN EXCESSIVE SINK RATE. THE PILOT INITIATED A GO AROUND BUT WAS UNABLE TO ARREST SINK RATE. THE AIRCRAFT MLG STRUCK THE RUNWAY WITH A DEGREE OF FORCE WHICH RESULTED IN BREAKING OFF THE LEFT MLG ASSEMBLY JUST BELOW THE TRUNNION. THE LEFT MLG ASSEMBLY WAS HANGING FROM THE A/C, WHICH WAS VERIFIED BY THE TOWER. AFTER BURNING OFF AND TRANSFERRING FUEL THE PILOT LANDED AIRCRAFT WITH THE NOSE AND RIGHT MLG EXTENDED. IN ADDITION TO THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR BEAKING OFF, THE A/C SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE LEFT AILERON AND FLAP, SCAPES TO THE LOWER LEFT SIDE OF THE FUSELAGE AFT OF THE LEFT WING, AND SCRAPES TO THE LEFT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER TIP.

## Other reports on N134RJ (3)

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

- [Incident 20051112027599I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20051112027599I), Nov 12, 2005: Piper PA34200T (N134RJ), Long Beach, CA, Minor damage. (-23) This was a one (1) hour training flight where [privacy data omitted] was the flight instructor and [privacy data omitted] was the student. Both pilots…
- [Incident 20000916022519I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000916022519I), Sep 16, 2000: Piper PA34200T (N134RJ), Long Beach, CA, Minor damage. (-23) A/c had experienced a gear up landing prior to this incident and had just been returned to service. This was the first maintenance check flight and first…
- [Incident 19970603018059I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970603018059I), Jun 3, 1997: Piper PA34200T (N134RJ), San Jose, CA, Minor damage. Narrative: according to the pilot's statement, he did not have good final speed and feeling under pressure by landing at a short landing field, his landing was…

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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