# Incident 20021013031799I: Piper PA34200T, Palo Alto, CA, October 13, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 13, 2002, 16:00 local time
- Place: Palo Alto, CA
- Airport: Palo Alto Airport-Santa Clara Cou
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.3965° N, 122.1431° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Palo Alto, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.3965&lon=-122.1431&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3229Q, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3229Q) (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
- Pilot flight hours: 1,200 total, 300 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021013031799I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT STATES: ON LANDING AT PAO, THE AIRCRAFT "BUCKED" UP INTO THE AIR AND BOUNCED, HE BELIEVES, THREE TIMES CAUSING THE NOSE GEAR TO FAIL.

## Other reports on N3229Q (1)

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

- [Incident 19831115071069I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831115071069I), Nov 15, 1983: Piper PA34200T (N3229Q), Wichita, KS, Minor damage. Nose gear collapsed on landing roll. Upper drag link bolt had sheared by fatigue.

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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