# Incident 20001103023949I: Piper PA34200, Tuscaloosa, AL, November 3, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 3, 2000, 18:28 local time
- Place: Tuscaloosa, AL
- Airport: Tuscaloosa Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.2206° N, 87.6114° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Tuscaloosa National Airport (TCL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.2206&lon=-87.6114&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1390T, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1390T) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-200 (registry code 7103405, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA34200
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,200 total, 235 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001103023949I

## Narrative

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

(-23)AFTER CONDUCTING MULTIPLE TAKEOFF AND LANDINGS, N1390T A PA-34-200 PERFORMED A FULL STOP LANDING ON RUNWAY 04 AT TUSCALOOSA MUNICIPAL AIRPORT. WHEN PREPARING TO EXIT THE RUNWAY ONTO TAXIWAY "C" THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR SEPARATED FROM THE A/C. POST FLIGHT INSPECTION REVEALED THE AFT GEAR ATTACH BRACKET WAS CRACKED, AND MAIN GEAR BRACKET ASSEMBLY FAILED.

## Other reports on N1390T (2)

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

- [Incident 20250706009499I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250706009499I), Jul 6, 2025: Piper PA-34-200 (N1390T), Hampton, GA, Minor damage. On July 06,2025, approximately 9:15 am, at Atlanta motor Speedway(hmp) Hampton, Georgia, a Piper PA-34-200 was conducting pilot training to prepare commercial…
- [Incident 20050920020429I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050920020429I), Sep 20, 2005: Piper PA34200 (N1390T), Columbus-W Pt-S, MS, Minor damage. (-23) Nose gear collapsed on landing.

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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