# Incident 20040309008079I: Piper PA34220T, Suffolk, VA, March 9, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 9, 2004, 08:30 local time
- Place: Suffolk, VA
- Airport: Suffolk Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.7282° N, 76.5836° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Suffolk, VA, within about 11 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.7282&lon=-76.5836&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8362Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8362Y) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-220T (registry code 7103420, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-220t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-360 GB (registry code 17070, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-360-gb) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA34220T
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 15,000 total, 3,500 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040309008079I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED DURING LANDING ROLL-OUT. THE RIGHT MAIN DID NOT INDICATE THAT IT WAS LOCKED (NO GREEN LIGHT), BUT APPEARED TO BE DOWN TO GROUND OBSERVERS, DURING A FLY-BY, PRIOR TO LANDING. THIS AIRCRAFT HAD SUSTAINED A NOSE GEAR COLLAPSE, FOR YET UNDETERMINED REASONS, APPROXIMATELY 9 MONTHS AGO, AND WAS BEING FERRIED WITH THE NOSE GEAR STRAPPED IN THE DOWN POSITION. THE CAUSE OF BOTH GEAR COLLAPSES WILL BE DETERMINED ONCE SERVICEABLE ENGINES AND PROPS ARE INSTALLED, AND THE AIRCRAFT FERRIED TO ITS FINAL DESTINATION, WITH ALL THREE GEARS STRAPPED IN THE DOWN POSITION.

## Other reports on N8362Y (2)

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

- [Incident 20030810032169I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030810032169I), Aug 10, 2003: Piper PA34220T (N8362Y), Suffolk, VA, Minor damage. (-23) On 08-10-03, at 1215 EST, aircraft N8362Y landed on runway 22 at sfq, Suffolk, VA. The pilot indicated that during landing, all three lights were green.…
- [Incident 19950704021619I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950704021619I), Jul 4, 1995: Piper PA34220T (N8362Y), Fort Pierce, FL, Minor damage. Gear unsafe. Flyby appeared down. Left main gear collapsed on rollout.

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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