# Incident 20050928030619I: Piper PA34200T, Watsonville, CA, September 28, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 28, 2005, 11:00 local time
- Place: Watsonville, CA
- Airport: Watsonville Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.9357° N, 121.7896° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WATSONVILLE MUNI (WVI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.9357&lon=-121.7896&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2900B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2900B-2012-08-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-200T (registry code 7103406, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA34200T
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,000 total, 100 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050928030619I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PER THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DAT^ STATEMENT DATED 9-28-2005, THE AIRCRAFT ENTERED THE PATTERN FOR LEFT TRAFFIC TO LAND ON RUNWAY 20 AT WATSONVILLE AIRPORT, CA. UPON LOWERING THE LANDING GEAR ALL APPEARED NORMAL AND THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITH MAIN WHEELS DOWN FIRST. AS THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT PROCEEDED LOWERING TO COMPLETE THE LANDING THE NOSE GEAR FAILED, RESULTING WITH THE PROP HITTING THE GROUND AND THE AIRCRAFT VEERING LEFT COMING TO A STOP ON THE RUNWAY.

## Other reports on N2900B (2)

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

- [Incident 19980323007949I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980323007949I), Mar 23, 1998: Piper PA34200T (N2900B), Albany, OH, Minor damage. Narrative: on March 23, 1998, Mr. Jonathan t. ward, a commercial pilot, certificate number 287684122, landed at Ohio University Airport (uni) at 1525 EDT in a…
- [Incident 19861025075479I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19861025075479I), Oct 25, 1986: Piper PA34200T (N2900B), Billings, MT, Minor damage. Right main gear collapsed on touchdown. Found gear trunion casting had failed.

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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