# Incident 20030703013329I: Piper PA34200T, Pasco, WA, July 3, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 3, 2003, 19:42 local time
- Place: Pasco, WA
- Airport: Tri Cities Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: TVDA
- Location: 46.2649° N, 119.1194° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TRI-CITIES (PSC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.2649&lon=-119.1194&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8868C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8868C-2013-09-20) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,800 total, 700 in this make and model, 122 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030703013329I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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