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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-34-200T · Pasco, WA · July 3, 2003

Date: July 3, 2003 · 19:42 local
Place: Pasco, WA
Airport: Tri Cities Airport
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator: TVDA
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N8868C
Reported as: Piper PA34200T
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,800 total700 in this make and model122 in the last 90 days

N8868CRegistration cancelled Sep 20, 2013 · Piper PA-34-200TS/N 34-7670156 · Built 1976 Airframe modelPiper PA-34-200T Engine modelContinental TSIO-360 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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(-23) Aircraft took off from yakima, WA., enroute to spokane, WA., with a stop in Pasco, WA. Aircraft was landing on runway 12 at Pasco, WA. After touchdown the nose gear collapsed allowing the propellers to strike the ground. Damage to airframe was limited to the gear doors and the fiberglass nose skins. Damage to aircraft does not qualify as an accident. The operator and bergstrom aircraft jacked the aircraft and swung the landing gear 5 times and it worked properly with the nose gear doors disconnected. There were n o failed parts.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) AIRCRAFT TOOK OFF FROM YAKIMA, WA., ENROUTE TO SPOKANE, WA., WITH A STOP IN PASCO, WA. AIRCRAFT WAS LANDING ON RUNWAY 12 AT PASCO, WA. AFTER TOUCHDOWN THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED ALLOWING THE PROPELLERS TO STRIKE THE GROUND. DAMAGE TO AIRFRAME WAS LIMITED TO THE GEAR DOORS AND THE FIBERGLASS NOSE SKINS. DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT DOES NOT QUALIFY AS AN ACCIDENT. THE OPERATOR AND BERGSTROM AIRCRAFT JACKED THE AIRCRAFT AND SWUNG THE LANDING GEAR 5 TIMES AND IT WORKED PROPERLY WITH THE NOSE GEAR DOORS DISCONNECTED. THERE WERE N O FAILED PARTS.