# Incident 20050705018069I: Piper PA34220T, Titusville, FL, July 5, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 5, 2005, 13:30 local time
- Place: Titusville, FL
- Airport: Space Center Executive Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.5147° N, 80.7992° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.5147&lon=-80.7992&mi=10
- Aircraft: N700VR, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N700VR-2008-10-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-220T (registry code 7103420, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-220t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-360 series (registry code 17019, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA34220T
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO360RB
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,000 total, 36 in this make and model, 27 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA05IA132](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA05IA132) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050705018069I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB MIA05IA132](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA05IA132), Jul 5, 2005: Piper PA-34-220T (N700VR), Titusville, FL, incident, minor damage. Probable cause: The 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…

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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