# Incident 20030103000419I: Piper PA44180, Pensacola, FL, January 3, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 3, 2003, 13:30 local time
- Place: Pensacola, FL
- Airport: Pensacola Regional Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.4734° N, 87.1866° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PENSACOLA INTL (PNS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.4734&lon=-87.1866&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2088K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2088K-2026-05-16) (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/20030103000419I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JANUARY 3, 2003 AT APPROXIMATELY 13:00 PIPER PA-44-180 WAS ENGAGED IN FLIGHT TRAINING. AFTER APPROXIMATELY 45 MINUTES OF FLIGHT THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO PNS FOR TOUCH AND GO TRAINING. DURING THE THIRD FULL STOP LANDING THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED A NOSE GEAR FAILURE DAMAGING BOTH PROPELLERS AND FORWARD SECTION OF THE LOWER FUSELAGE NOSE ASSEMBLY IN THE AREA OF THE NOSE GEAR. MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL REMOVING THE AIRCRAFT FROM THE RUNWAY DISCOVERED THE UPPER DRAG LINK FORWARD ATTACHMENT (P.N. 402-940) WAS SHEARED AND DOWNLOCK HOOK BRACKET (P.N. 86275-03) WAS BROKEN AT THE STOP ASSEMBLY. MALFUNCTION AND DEFECT REPORT SUBMITTED.

## Other reports on N2088K (2)

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

- [Incident 20101017048899I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20101017048899I), Oct 17, 2010: Piper PA-44-180 (N2088K), Chino, CA, Minor damage. On October 17 2010, at approximately 1500 hours pacific standard time, a Piper PA-44-180 landed at Chino aiport in Chino, CA. 2 crewmembers were on board…
- [Incident 19990303012529I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990303012529I), Mar 3, 1999: Piper PA44180 (N2088K), Thermal, CA. On March 3,1999 the pilot reported leaving carlsbad airport (cfq) IFR enroute to elpasco, TX (elp). During climb out from carlsbad he said that he heard a…

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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