# Incident 20010430008489I: Piper PA34200T, Centerville, TN, April 30, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 30, 2001, 10:00 local time
- Place: Centerville, TN
- Airport: Centerville Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.8374° N, 87.4454° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CENTERVILLE MUNI (GHM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.8374&lon=-87.4454&mi=10
- Aircraft: N977LB, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N977LB) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-200T (registry code 7103406, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA34200T
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO360EB
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 900 total, 1,500 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010430008489I

## Narrative

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

(-23)PILOT/A&P, REPLACED SHIMMY DAMPNER ON NOSEWHEEL WITH BOLT THAT WAS "ONE SIXTEENTH OF AN INCH TOO LONG", "ABOUT ON THREAD TOO LONG" WHICH ALLOWED THE GEAR TO RETRACT UNDER HYDRAULIC PRESSURE, BUT DID NOT ALLOW IT TO EXTEND BY GRAVITY FREEFALL. AIRCRAFT LANDED WITH NOSEWHEEL IN THE RETRACTED POSITION.

## Other reports on N977LB (2)

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

- [Incident 20210731022869I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210731022869I), Jul 31, 2021: Piper PA-34-200T (N977LB), Ft. Worth, TX, Minor damage. Upon return to Ft. Worth Meacham, TX airport (ftw) from a multi-engine instructional flight, with a student pilot and fligh instructor (CFI) on board, the crew…
- [Accident 19790705031231A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790705031231A), Jul 5, 1979: Piper PA34200T (N977LB), Bluefield, WV, Substantial damage. Evidence indicates the PA34 overtook a ldg M20G and landed under same. The ldg M20 hit the PA34 tail. Made go around

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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