# Incident 20000820025489I: Piper PA28R200, Bartow, FL, August 20, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 20, 2000, 12:30 local time
- Place: Bartow, FL
- Airport: Bartow Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.8964° N, 81.8431° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bartow, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.8964&lon=-81.8431&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2134T, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2134T) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-200 (registry code 7102811, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R200
- Reported engine: CONT IO360*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,102 total, 75 in this make and model, 85 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000820025489I

## Narrative

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

(-23)ON FINAL APPROACH, THE PILOT EXTENDED THE LANDING GEAR AND NOTICED THAT THE NOSE GEAR INTRANSIT LIGHT REMAINED ILLUMINATED. MADE AN ATTEMPED TO RECYCLE THE GEAR SEVERAL TIMES BUT FAILED TO GET A DOWN AND LOCK INDICATION.  BOTH MAIN GEARS FUNCTIONED PROPERLY.  UPON LANDING  THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.

## Other reports on N2134T (1)

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

- [Accident 20190504003919A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190504003919A), May 4, 2019: Piper PA-28R-200 (N2134T), Winter Haven, FL, Substantial damage. The aircraft departed bartow municipal airport (kbow) and proceeded south to normal practice area. Performed steep turns, slow flight and power-off stalls for…

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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