# Incident 20000916022519I: Piper PA34200T, Long Beach, CA, September 16, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 16, 2000, 14:48 local time
- Place: Long Beach, CA
- Airport: Long Beach - Daugherty Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- 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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000916022519I

## Narrative

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

(-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 LANDING SINCE BEING REPAIRED. LOGBOOKS REFLECT THE NECESSARY RETRACTION TESTS, AND THE PILOT CLAIMS TO HAVE CYCLED THE GEAR SUCCESSFULLY IN THE AIR SIX TIMES BEFORE LANDING. HE CLAIMS TO HAVE CHECKED FOR THREE GREEN LIGHTS AND ALSO VISUALLY. AFTER TOUCHDOWN HE FELT THE NOSE GEAR FOLDING AS THE NOSE LOWERED. INSPECTOR WESTON CHECKED A/C AND RECORDS. AIRWORTHINESS PERSONNEL CONDUCTED AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE MAINTENANCE FACILITY AND PRACTICES.

## 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 20000819026199I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000819026199I), Aug 19, 2000: Piper PA34200T (N134RJ), Long Beach, CA, Minor damage. (-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…
- [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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