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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-34-200T · Topeka, KS · August 19, 2002

Date: August 19, 2002 · 22:20 local
Place: Topeka, KS
Airport: Philip Billard Municipal Airport
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N415JM
Reported as: Piper PA34200T
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,000 total400 in this make and model30 in the last 90 days

N415JMRegistered now · Piper PA-34-200TS/N 34-7770314 · Built 1977 Airframe modelPiper PA-34-200T Engine modelContinental TSIO-360 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) On the fifth landing of the night, normal touchdown with 3 green (down & locked) landing gear. On roll out the PIC noticed the nose kept going on down to the ground. The nose gear had collapsed. After getting the aircraft back to the hanger it was found that the rivits that connect the nose gear landing actuator to the bulkhead had sheared inside the cabin. This allowed the thin bulkhead to flex FAR enough forward to unlock the overcentering arm. This allowed the nose gear to collapse and the aircraft to sink to the runway. Records check showed no maintenance had been performed since last annual in feb. 2002 at which time the nose gear actuator had been resealed.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON THE FIFTH LANDING OF THE NIGHT, NORMAL TOUCHDOWN WITH 3 GREEN (DOWN & LOCKED) LANDING GEAR. ON ROLL OUT THE PIC NOTICED THE NOSE KEPT GOING ON DOWN TO THE GROUND. THE NOSE GEAR HAD COLLAPSED. AFTER GETTING THE AIRCRAFT BACK TO THE HANGER IT WAS FOUND THAT THE RIVITS THAT CONNECT THE NOSE GEAR LANDING ACTUATOR TO THE BULKHEAD HAD SHEARED INSIDE THE CABIN. THIS ALLOWED THE THIN BULKHEAD TO FLEX FAR ENOUGH FORWARD TO UNLOCK THE OVERCENTERING ARM. THIS ALLOWED THE NOSE GEAR TO COLLAPSE AND THE AIRCRAFT TO SINK TO THE RUNWAY. RECORDS CHECK SHOWED NO MAINTENANCE HAD BEEN PERFORMED SINCE LAST ANNUAL IN FEB. 2002 AT WHICH TIME THE NOSE GEAR ACTUATOR HAD BEEN RESEALED.

Other reports on N415JM · 2

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

Incident 20050712021749IRoll-Out (Fixed Wing) · Faribault, MN(-23) The pilot stated he touched down in the first 1000 feet of the runway, and began applying the brakes immediately. The pilot also stated the brakes began to lock up, and he released the brakes because of skidding. The aircraft ran off of the end of…Jul 12, 2005 · Minor damage Incident 19861123060029IRoll-Out (Fixed Wing) · Cape Girardeau, MONose gerar collapsed on landing roll and aircraft departed the runway. Cause still under investigation.Nov 23, 1986 · Minor damage