# Incident 20020416015459I: Piper PA34220T, Stuart, FL, April 16, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 16, 2002, 17:03 local time
- Place: Stuart, FL
- Airport: Witham Field Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.1817° N, 80.2213° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WITHAM FLD (SUA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.1817&lon=-80.2213&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8404V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8404V-2017-06-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-220T (registry code 7103420, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-220t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-360 series (registry code 17019, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA34220T
- Pilot flight hours: 2,170 total, 262 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020416015459I

## Narrative

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

(-23) DURING TOUCH AND GO LANDING AT STUART AIRPORT, PILOT REPORTED THE GEAR UNSAFE LIGHT CAME ON PRIOR TO LANDING. A PASSED IN FRONT OF THE ATC TOWER CONFIRMED THE GEAR WAS UNLOCKED AND HANGING BY A WIRE. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED SAFELY BUT THE LEFT MAIN GEAR STRUT WAS BROKEN. ON JUNE 19TH, 2002, RECEIVED A FAX COPY FROM STEVE SORRELL AVIATION, INC., WHERE THE LEFT MAIN GEAR STRUT ASSEMBLY WAS REMOVED AND REPLACED, IN ACCORDANCE WITH PIPER SENECA 111, SERVICE MANUAL.

## Other reports on N8404V (4)

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

- [Incident 19980909028069I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980909028069I), Sep 9, 1998: Piper PA34220 (N8404V), Tucson, AZ, Minor damage. A/c come in for full stop ldg at Ryan with 3 green. At end of ldg roll. A/c was on nose. Found nose landing gear in up position with gear doors closed while…
- [Incident 19960223006589I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960223006589I), Feb 23, 1996: Piper PA34220T (N8404V), Scottsdale, AZ, Minor damage. Narrative: instructional: doing touch and go's, on landing roll aircraft drifted to the right, right landing gear collapsed braking runway light with leading…
- [Incident 19940520022139I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940520022139I), May 20, 1994: Piper PA34220T (N8404V), Casa Grande, AZ, Minor damage. After practice, flew back to base at about 60 feet. Flew through power line. Damaged cowls and propellers.
- [Incident 19840530031709I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840530031709I), May 30, 1984: Piper PA34220T (N8404V), Huntsville, AL, Minor damage. Failed to lower landing gear. Propeller struck runway. Executed a go around. Landed without further incident.

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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