# Incident 20010116000999I: Piper PA32300, Hollywood, FL, January 16, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 16, 2001, 17:00 local time
- Place: Hollywood, FL
- Airport: North Perry Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.0013° N, 80.2407° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NORTH PERRY (HWO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.0013&lon=-80.2407&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2461M, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2461M) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-300 (registry code 7103212, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32300
- Reported engine: LYC IO540K1G5
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 140 total, 9 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010116000999I

## Narrative

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

(-23) DEPARTED (KEWY) 01/16/01 AT APPROX. 1500 HRS ARRIVED (KHWO) AT 1700 HRS APPROX. WHILE ENROUTE PILOT STATED A LOUD BANG AND VIBRATION DURING NORMAL CRUISE. HE NOTED RUDDER PEDALS BECAME STIFF AND DID NOT MOVE FREELY. RADIOED KHWO TOWER AND PILOL MADE 2 FLY BYS. TOWER STATED NOSE GEAR TURNED 45 DEGREES. PILOT MADE SHORT/SOFT FIELD LANDING TO RUNWAY 9L. UPON TOUCHDOWN OF NOSEGEAR, GEAR COLLAPSED, A/C SKIDDED ON ITS NOSE WITH SUDDENT STOPPAGE OF POWER PLANT. A/C TOWED TO SECURE HANGER. UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT A BOLT SHEARED ON TOP OF NOSE GEAR STRUT CAUSING THE NEXT INPUT FROM THE RUDDER PEDALS TO DEFLECT NOSE WHEEL TO THAT DIRECTION. FURTHER INVESTIGATION REVEALS UPON STOPPAGE OF A/C, "SHRADER" VALVE AND THRU BOLT ALSO SHEARED.

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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