# Incident 20021121032859I: Piper PA44180, Long Beach, CA, November 21, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 21, 2002, 12:25 local time
- Place: Long Beach, CA
- Airport: Long Beach - Daugherty Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.7670° N, 118.1892° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Long Beach, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7670&lon=-118.1892&mi=10
- Aircraft: N205ER, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N205ER-2018-06-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-44-180 (registry code 7104402, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-44-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA44180
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021121032859I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT WAS ON A PART 61 TRAINING FLIGHT. THE STUDENT WAS RECEIVING DUAL INSTRUCTION FOR THE ATP RATING. DURING A NORMAL LANDING AND AFTER THE NOSE WHEEL HAD TOUCHED DOWN ON RUNWAY 30 AT LGB, THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED AFTER A FEW SECONDS. ALL GEAR INDICATIONS WERE NORMAL. THE PILOT STATEMENTS AND A WITNESS STATEMENT INDICATED THAT A NORMAL LANDING WAS MADE. THE STATEMENTS DID NOT INCLUDE ANY CONFLICTING INFORMATION. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE NOSE FAIRING AND GEAR DOORS. BOTH ENGINES INCURRED PROPELLER DAMAGE AND SUDDEN STOPPAGE. THERE HAD BEEN TWO PREVIOUS AD'S ISSUED FOR INADVERTENT NOSE GEAR RETRACTION AFTER LANDING APPLICABLE TO THIS AIRCRAFT WHICH HAD BEEN COMPLIED WITH. AD 80-12-03 WAS COMPLIED WITH ON MAY 30, 1980. THIS AD INCLUDED A REQUIREMENT TO INSTALL "PIPER NOSE GEAR DOWNLOCK HOOK AND BUSHING REPLACEMENT KIT", PIPER PART NUMBER 764-101V. INCLUDED IN THIS KIT WAS A DOWNLOCK HOOK, AN ECCENTRIC BUSHING, ONE BOLT AND A NUT PLATE. DURING INSPECTION OF AIRCRAFT, IT WAS NOTED THAT THE NOSE GEAR DOWNLOCK BOLT WITH THE ECCENTRIC BUSHING HAD BROKEN AT THE NUTPLATE AND COULD NOT BE LOCATED. THIS CONTRIBUTED TO AN INADVERTENT NOSE GEAR RETRACTION.

## Other reports on N205ER (4)

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

- [Incident 20070106000299I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070106000299I), Jan 6, 2007: Piper PA44180 (N205ER), Bakersfield, CA, Minor damage. (-23) Aircraft departed lgb on IFR flight plan to lvk. Upon approaching ventura, pilot noticed #1 VOR failing, followed by the DME. Pilot was unable to…
- [Incident 20050707016149I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050707016149I), Jul 7, 2005: Piper PA44180 (N205ER), Torrance, CA, Minor damage. (-23) PIC confirmed gear down. Student called three green on short final. Normal landing, shortly after nosewheel touchdown, nose gear collapsed. Drag link…
- [Incident 19880228018279I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880228018279I), Feb 28, 1988: Piper PA44180 (N205ER), Miami, FL, Minor damage. Made a hard landing. Lost directional control. Veered right and departed the runway.
- [Incident 19811026081699I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811026081699I), Oct 26, 1981: Piper PA44180T (N205ER), Prescott, AZ, Minor damage. Nose gear collapsed on touch and go and 420 bolt in nose gear drag link broke allowing nose gear to collapse.

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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