# Incident 20020102000079I: Piper PA34200, Tacoma, WA, January 2, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 2, 2002, 16:26 local time
- Place: Tacoma, WA
- Airport: Tacoma Naarrows Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.2529° N, 122.4443° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Tacoma, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.2529&lon=-122.4443&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1054U, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1054U) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,246 total, 258 in this make and model, 103 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020102000079I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT & STUDENT PILOT WERE CONDUCTING TOUCH AND GO PROCEDURES. IN THE TAKE-OFF PHASE, STUDENT PILOT REACHED OVER TO SELECT FLAPS UP BUT SELECTED GEAR UP INSTEAD OF FLAPS UP. THE PILOT IN COMMAND SAW THE STUDENT PILOT PLACE HIS HAND ON THE GEAR SELECTOR HANDLE AND WAS IN THE PROCESS TO INTERVENE, BUT WAS TOO LATE WHICH RESULTED IN THE COLLAPSE OF THE NOSE LANDING GEAR. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

## Other reports on N1054U (3)

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

- [Incident 20250523006119I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250523006119I), May 23, 2025: Piper PA-34-200 (N1054U), North Little Ro, AR, Minor damage. During multi-engine training, the instructor and student were on approach for their third landing on runway 5 at north Little Rock airport (kork). The aircraft…
- [Incident 20170619011739I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170619011739I), Jun 19, 2017: Piper PA-34-200 (N1054U), Bremerton, WA, Minor damage. While preparing to land the pilots followed the normal landing gear extension procedure but the nose landing gear failed to extend. The pilots then attempted…
- [Incident 19931121049719I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19931121049719I), Nov 21, 1993: Piper PA34200 (N1054U), Isla De Culebra, PR, Minor damage. Nose gear collapsed on landing rollout. Had three green lights. Surrendered operating certificate.

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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