# Incident 20050820019759I: Piper PA34200, Livingston, TX, August 20, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 20, 2005, 12:30 local time
- Place: Livingston, TX
- Airport: Livingston Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.6859° N, 95.0179° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LIVINGSTON MUNI (00R), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.6859&lon=-95.0179&mi=10
- Aircraft: N15294, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N15294-2019-11-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-200 (registry code 7103405, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA34200
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 20,000 total, 100 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050820019759I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON AUGUST 20, 2005, N15294, A PA-34-200 DEPARTED RUNWAY 12 FROM THE LIVINGSTON AIRPORT AT 1240 LOCAL (CST). AT APPROXIMATELY 1245 LOCAL (CST) THE AIRCRAFT LANDED BACK AT THE LIVINGSTON AIRPORT ON RUNWAY 12. AFTER TOUCH DOWN THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE NOSE SECTION AND TO BOTH THE LEFT AND RIGHT PROPELLER. INVESTIGATION FOUND THAT THE HYDRAULIC ACTUATOR ROD WAS BROKEN. THE HYDRAULIC ACTUATOR IS PART OF THE NOSE GEAR OVER CENTERING LOCK.

## Other reports on N15294 (1)

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

- [Accident 20161011020029A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20161011020029A), Oct 11, 2016: Piper PA-34-200 (N15294), East Hartford, CT, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Accident aircraft was cleared for final approach to land on runway 20 at Brainard Airport (hfd), Hartford, CT. Student pilot was receiving instruction from CFI…

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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