# Incident 20020829022149I: Piper PA34200, Madera, CA, August 29, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 29, 2002, 11:25 local time
- Place: Madera, CA
- Airport: Madera Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: CUES
- Location: 36.9886° N, 120.1124° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MADERA MUNI (MAE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.9886&lon=-120.1124&mi=10
- Aircraft: N15352, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N15352-2019-11-01) (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
- Reported engine: LYC LIO360C1E6
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 790 total, 90 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020829022149I

## Narrative

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

(-23) WHILE LANDING AT MADERA AIRPORT (MAE) ON 08-29-02 @1122 PDT THE SENECA PA-34-200 N15352 HAD THE NOSE LANDING GEAR RETRACT (COLLAPSE) INTO THE WHEEL WELL AND SUBSEQUENT DAMAGE OCCURRED TO BOTH PROPELLERS AND THE NOSE WHEEL HOUSING. THE INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT OPERATION BEING PERFORMED WAS A SHORT FIELD LANDING ON RUNWAY 30 AT MAE. THE PILOT IN COMMAND WAS BEING PREPARED FOR HIS FAA FLIGHT TEST FOR COMMERCIAL AMEL ON THE FOLLOWING DAY. THE PRIVATE PILOT AND CERTIFIED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR WERE NOT INJURED AND THE DAMAGE WAS LIMITED TO THE ENGINES.

## Other reports on N15352 (3)

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

- [Incident 20140609008219I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140609008219I), Jun 9, 2014: Piper PA-34-200 (N15352), Visalia, CA, Minor damage. Pilot final stage check in airplane multi engine training. While on a normal two engine landing the airplane touched down normally and was on the rollout when…
- [Incident 20070928022829I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070928022829I), Sep 28, 2007: Piper PA34200 (N15352), Madera, CA, Minor damage. (-23) CFI [privacy data omitted] was demonstrating a short field landing to student [privacy data omitted]. All 3 green landing gear lights were observed.…
- [Incident 20031203032799I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031203032799I), Dec 3, 2003: Piper PA34200 (N15352), Fresno, CA, Minor damage. (-23) N15352 was landed by instructor pilot michael kennedy at kfat and the airplane was taxied to the end of runway 29R and proceeded across 29L when the nose…

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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