# Incident 20020819027419I: Piper PA34200T, Topeka, KS, August 19, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 19, 2002, 22:20 local time
- Place: Topeka, KS
- Airport: Philip Billard Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.0688° N, 95.6224° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PHILIP BILLARD MUNI (TOP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0688&lon=-95.6224&mi=10
- Aircraft: N415JM, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N415JM) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-200T (registry code 7103406, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-360 series (registry code 17019, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA34200T
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,000 total, 400 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020819027419I

## Narrative

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

(-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 20050712021749I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050712021749I), Jul 12, 2005: Piper PA34200T (N415JM), Faribault, MN, Minor damage. (-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…
- [Incident 19861123060029I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19861123060029I), Nov 23, 1986: Piper PA34200T (N415JM), Cape Girardeau, MO, Minor damage. Nose gerar collapsed on landing roll and aircraft departed the runway. Cause still under investigation.

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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