# Incident 20001124018849I: Piper PA34200, Hagerstown, MD, November 24, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 24, 2000, 16:36 local time
- Place: Hagerstown, MD
- Airport: Washington County Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.6380° N, 77.7233° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hagerstown, MD, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.6380&lon=-77.7233&mi=10
- Aircraft: N56782, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N56782) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,800 total, 370 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001124018849I

## Narrative

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

(-23)ON 11/24/00 ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS ON A ROUTINE VFR FLIGHT IN THE AREA OF GARRETT AIRPORT, NEAR MCHENRY, MD. WHILE LOWERING THE LANDING GEAR ON HIS PIPER PA-34 ^PRIVACY DATA^ WAS UNABLE TO GET THE LEFT MAIN GEAR TO INDICATE GREEN, THINKING THAT THERE MAY HAVE BEEN ICE IN THE MECHANISM HE FLEW TO HAGERSTOWN, MD WHERE THE WEATHER WAS WARMER.  WHEN HE ARRIVED IN THE PATTERN HE LOWERED THE LANDING GEAR HE WAS TO GET A GREEN LIGHT ON THE LEFT MAIN GEAR.  ^PRIVACY DATA^ THEN FLOW OVER THE TOWER REPORTED THAT THE GEAR LOOKED TO BE DOWN.  ^PRIVACY DATA ^ PROCEDED TO LAND ON RUNWAY 27 AFTER TURNING OFF THE RUNWAY THE LEFT MAIN COLLAPSED.  THE INVESTIGATION REVEALED A PIECE OF FOD WAS LODGED IN THE DOWN LOCK MECHANISM OF THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR, IT APPEARED TO BE A SMALL BRASS FASTENER USED TO SECURE A DUST COVER WHICH NORMALLY COVERS THE LINKAGE MECHANISM.  THE DUST COVER WAS NO LONGER THERE.  THIS INVESTIGATION IS CLOSED.

## Other reports on N56782 (2)

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

- [Incident 19850410017289I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850410017289I), Apr 10, 1985: Piper PA34200 (N56782), Columbia, SC, Minor damage. Nose gear collapsed during taxi. Bolt that connects the drag link assembly to nose gear assembly broken.
- [Incident 19840615033019I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840615033019I), Jun 15, 1984: Piper PA34200 (N56782), Sumter, SC, Minor damage. Left main gear collapsed on landing. Attach bolt missing allowed trunnion to move and break. Recent gear work.

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.