# Incident 20020111000599I: Piper PA44180, Phoenix, AZ, January 11, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 11, 2002, 11:46 local time
- Place: Phoenix, AZ
- Airport: Phoenix-Deer Valley Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: WIWS
- Location: 33.6883° N, 112.0826° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PHOENIX DEER VALLEY (DVT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6883&lon=-112.0826&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2158E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2158E-2021-01-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-44-180 (registry code 7104402, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-44-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA44180
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020111000599I

## Narrative

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

(-23)PILOT REPORTED UNSAFE NOSE GEAR, CYCLED GEAR SEVERAL TIMES DECLARED EMERGENCY AND LANDED. NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO NOSE, GEAR DOORS AND PROPS.  FOUND BOLT BACKED OUT OF LOWER NOSE GEAR TRUNNION CAUSING GEAR TO BIND DAMAGING NOSE GEAR DOWN LOCK CAUSING GEAR TO COLLAPSE.  NO DETERMINATION COULD BE MADE AS TO WHY THE COTTER KEY AND NUT WAS MISSING FROM THE BOLT.

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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