# Incident 20040322017949I: Piper PA31T, Ft Lauderdale, FL, March 22, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 22, 2004, 15:45 local time
- Place: Ft Lauderdale, FL
- Airport: Ft Lauderdale-Hollywood International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.0717° N, 80.1497° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FORT LAUDERDALE/HOLLYWOOD INTL (FLL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.0717&lon=-80.1497&mi=10
- Aircraft: N195AA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N195AA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31T (registry code 7103124, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PT6A series (registry code 52032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pt6a-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31T
- Reported engine: PWA PT6A11
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 11,100 total, 450 in this make and model, 380 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040322017949I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THIS IS THE FINAL REPORT, ON MARCH 22ND, 2004, AT 1545 EASTERN STANDARD TIME, A PIPER PA-31T, REGISTERED TO AND OPERATED BY BONDY AIR INC., OF PANAMA CITY, FLORIDA, WAS DAMAGE WHILE LANDING AT FORT LAUDERDALE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT THE FINAL APPROACH WAS NORMAL, AS THE AIRCRAFT TOUCH DOWN ON RUNWAY 9L, THE MAIN LANDING GEAR HIT FIRST, FOLLOWED BY THE NOSE LANDING MAKING CONTACT TO THE RUNWAY AND THEN COLLAPSING. THE AIRCRAFT WAS REMOVED FROM THE RUNWAY AND BEING REPAIRED BY RELIANCE AVIATION. DURING INSPECTION AT RELIANCE AVIATION, MAINTENANCE FOUND THE HYDRAULIC SELECTOR VALVE CABLE LOOSE. SEVERAL TEST WAS PERFORMED OF THE MAIN AND NOSE LANDING GEAR BUT COULD NOT DUPLICATE DISCREPANCE. INJURY SUMMARY NOT KNOWN BY ASI.

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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