# Incident 20031130036019I: Piper PA34200, Bunnell, FL, November 30, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 30, 2003, 08:25 local time
- Place: Bunnell, FL
- Airport: Flagler County Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: IHMS
- Location: 29.4661° N, 81.2578° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bunnell, FL, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.4661&lon=-81.2578&mi=10
- Aircraft: N39794, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N39794-2005-09-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-200 (registry code 7103405, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA34200
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,375 total, 200 in this make and model, 125 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031130036019I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PIC REPORTED ALL 3 GEAR LIGHTS INDICATED DOWN AND LOCKED. NOSE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED AT TOUCHDOWN. FAA ON SCENE INVESTIGATION FOUND NOSE LANDING GEAR DOWN LOCK ASSEMBLY UPPER ROD END BENT AND BROKEN. THE AIRCRAFT HAD ONLY 60 HOURS TOTAL TIME SINCE THE NOSE GEAR WAS REBUILT AND THE GEAR SYSTEM WAS RE-RIGGED AFTER THE NOSE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED IN JULY 2003. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

## Other reports on N39794 (4)

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

- [Incident 20030715016249I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030715016249I), Jul 15, 2003: Piper PA34200 (N39794), Daytona Beach, FL, Minor damage. (-23) Upon landing runway 25R at Daytona the nose gear collapsed. Both pilots stated that the gear indicated down and locked. Damage limited to nose cone, nose…
- [Incident 20001230030469I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001230030469I), Dec 30, 2000: Piper PA34200 (N39794), Daytona Beach, FL, Minor damage. (-23)Student pilot and instructor both state that after normal approach and landing the nose gear collapsed upon touchdown. Both pilots state that the gear…
- [Incident 19920316006459I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920316006459I), Mar 16, 1992: Piper PA34200 (N39794), Tooele, UT, Minor damage. On second landing the aircraft experienced a high sink rate. Nose gear broke off as it contacted the runway.
- [Incident 19860116017419I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860116017419I), Jan 16, 1986: Piper PA34200 (N39794), Orange, VA, Minor damage. Completed 5 landings in newly purchased aircraft when he failed to extend the gear for landing.

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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