# Incident 20001013016689I: Piper PA34200, Ormond Beach, FL, October 13, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 13, 2000, 14:45 local time
- Place: Ormond Beach, FL
- Airport: Ormond Beach Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.3011° N, 81.1138° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ORMOND BEACH MUNI (OMN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.3011&lon=-81.1138&mi=10
- Aircraft: N80WA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N80WA-2018-07-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-200 (registry code 7103405, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 SER A&C (registry code 41511, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-ser-a-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA34200
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,230 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001013016689I

## Narrative

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

(-23) FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR CHECKING OUT RENTAL PILOT LANDED ON RUNWAY 35 OMN WITH CROSSWINDS AND WIND GUSTS 18 TO 24 KNOTS. AFTER TOUCHDOWN A/C VEERED LEFT AND NOSE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED. THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR ADVISED THE INVESTIGATING INSPECTOR THAT HE DID NOT MANIPULATE THE CONTROLS. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND ONLY MINOR A/C DAMAGE. FAA POST INCIDENT INVESTIGATION REVEALED A BROKEN NOSE STEERING SPRING, HOWEVER THE BREAK APPEARS TO BE A RESULT RATHER THAN A CAUSE OF THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSING. RWY 35 WAS REPORTED AS BUMPY WITH POT HOLES AND UNEVEN PAVEMENT.^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

## Other reports on N80WA (2)

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

- [Incident 20070516008089I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070516008089I), May 16, 2007: Piper PA34200 (N80WA), Phoenix, AZ, Minor damage. (-23) Instructor [privacy data omitted] was instructing both touch and go landings in addition to emergency landing procedures during night time operations…
- [Incident 19990412039339I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990412039339I), Apr 12, 1999: Piper PA34200 (N80WA), Bunnell, FL, Minor damage. 1. PIC instructor advised landing normal, nose gear collasped. 2. Student and pilot advised aircraft landed on nose gear first. 3. FAA inspection of runway…

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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