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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-34-220T · Titusville, FL · July 5, 2005

Date: July 5, 2005 · 13:30 local
Place: Titusville, FL
Airport: Space Center Executive Airport
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N700VR
NTSB investigation: NTSBMIA05IA132
Reported as: Piper PA34220T
Reported engine: Continental TSIO360RB
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 6,000 total36 in this make and model27 in the last 90 days

N700VRRegistration cancelled Oct 1, 2008 · Piper PA-34-220TS/N 3449086 · Built 1998 Airframe modelPiper PA-34-220T Engine modelContinental TSIO-360 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) During the landing flare on runway 9, at the Space coast regional airport, the pilot experienced a trim runaway in the pitch-up mode. The pilot over controlled the aircraft and pitched down severely, causing a hard impact on the nose gear. The nose gear broke and twisted 90 degrees. The aircraft bounced back into the air and then struck the runway again where it slid another 30 feet before the nose wheel separated from the aircraft. The pilot then steered the aircraft off to the right side of the runway.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) DURING THE LANDING FLARE ON RUNWAY 9, AT THE SPACE COAST REGIONAL AIRPORT, THE PILOT EXPERIENCED A TRIM RUNAWAY IN THE PITCH-UP MODE. THE PILOT OVER CONTROLLED THE AIRCRAFT AND PITCHED DOWN SEVERELY, CAUSING A HARD IMPACT ON THE NOSE GEAR. THE NOSE GEAR BROKE AND TWISTED 90 DEGREES. THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED BACK INTO THE AIR AND THEN STRUCK THE RUNWAY AGAIN WHERE IT SLID ANOTHER 30 FEET BEFORE THE NOSE WHEEL SEPARATED FROM THE AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT THEN STEERED THE AIRCRAFT OFF TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.

NTSB MIA05IA132Incident · No injuriesIncident investigationFinal reportTitusville, FLThe pilot's continued operation of the airplane with known intermittent deficiencies of the electric pitch trim switch, resulting in a mis-trim condition of the airplane (nose-up), and subsequent hard landing on the nose landing gear causing it to collapse. A…Jul 5, 2005 · Minor damage