# Incident 20040716024429I: Piper PA34200T, Columbus, MS, July 16, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 16, 2004, 13:00 local time
- Place: Columbus, MS
- Airport: Columbus-Lowndes County Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.4653° N, 88.3808° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at COLUMBUS-LOWNDES COUNTY (UBS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4653&lon=-88.3808&mi=10
- Aircraft: N36487, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N36487) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 12,000 total, 700 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040716024429I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT WAS UNABLE TO GET THE NOSE LANDING GEAR TO RETRACT AFTER DEPARTURE OR FULLY EXTEND DURING LANDING. AFTER MAKING SEVERAL UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPTS TO EXTEND THE NOSE LANDING GEAR, THE PILOT LANDED ON RUNWAY 18 AT THE COLUMBUS-LOWNDES COUNTY AIRPORT. THE NOSE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED SHORTLY AFTER THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

## Other reports on N36487 (3)

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

- [Incident 20030402014789I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030402014789I), Apr 2, 2003: Piper PA34200T (N36487), Longwood, MS, Minor damage. (-23) Airman did not ensure gear was down and locked and landed gear up.
- [Incident 19871030076379I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871030076379I), Oct 30, 1987: Piper PA34200T (N36487), Jackson, MI, Minor damage. Nose gear collapsed on test flight second landing. Checked nose gear and found it to be within factory limits.
- [Incident 19870823065689I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870823065689I), Aug 23, 1987: Piper PA34200T (N36487), Jackson, MI, Minor damage. The aircrafts nose gear collapsed on landing rollout. Found a failed rod end on the downlock arm.

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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