# Incident 20050722016169I: Piper PA34200T, Key West, FL, July 22, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 22, 2005, 19:00 local time
- Place: Key West, FL
- Airport: Key West International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 24.5561° N, 81.7600° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at KEY WEST INTL (EYW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=24.5561&lon=-81.7600&mi=10
- Aircraft: N44803, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N44803-2019-09-06) (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
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO360*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 520 total, 0 in this make and model, 22 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050722016169I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 22 JUL 05, PILOT OF AIRCRAFT N44803 ATTEMPTS A SHORT AND FINAL LANDING ON RUNWAY 90 AT KEY WEST, FL AIRPORT. AN AIRCRAFT NOSE HEAVY CONDITION IS NOTICED. PILOT ATTEMPTS TO PERFORM A TOUCH AND GO WHEN NOSE GEAR COLLAPSES ON LANDING. THIS WAS THE PILOTS/OWNERS FIRST FLIGHT IN THIS TYPE AIRCRAFT AND FIRST TOUCH AND GO. PILOT REPORTS THAT TRIM UP WAS APPLIED AND CONTROL WHEEL WAS PULLED TO THE FULL BACKWARD POSITION. TWO PILOTS ARE INVOLVED. INSTRUCTOR PILOT MENTIONS THAT TOUCH DOWN WAS LITTLE HARDER THAN USUAL. AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO NOSE CONE AND NOSE LANDING GEAR ACTUATOR ROD END BENT. BOTH PROPS STRUCK GROUND. NO INJURIES.

## Other reports on N44803 (2)

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

- [Incident 19930908038829I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930908038829I), Sep 8, 1993: Piper PA34200T (N44803), Orlando, FL, Minor damage. Nose gear collapsed on landing rollout. Found nose gear bolt broke.
- [Incident 19801104090279I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801104090279I), Nov 4, 1980: Piper PA34200 (N44803), Great Harbour C, Bahamas, Minor damage. Pilot lost directional control on rollout while raising flaps.

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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