# Incident 20051112027599I: Piper PA34200T, Long Beach, CA, November 12, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 12, 2005, 10:50 local time
- Place: Long Beach, CA
- Airport: Long Beach - Daugherty Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.7670° N, 118.1892° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Long Beach, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7670&lon=-118.1892&mi=10
- Aircraft: N134RJ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N134RJ-2018-01-10) (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
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 690 total, 85 in this make and model, 202 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20051112027599I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THIS WAS A ONE (1) HOUR TRAINING FLIGHT WHERE ^PRIVACY DAT^ WAS THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR AND ^PRIVACY DA^ WAS THE STUDENT. BOTH PILOTS STATED THAT THE APPROACH WAS IN VMC CONDITIONS TO KLGB RWY 25L. THE LANDING GEAR WAS CHECKED ON DOWNWIND, BASE AND FINAL. THE INDICATOR LIGHTS AND THE VISUAL IN A MIRROR INDICATED NORMAL EXTENSION. AFTER TOUCH DOWN THE NOSE WHEEL FAILED AND THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT CONTACTED THE RUNWAY SURFACE RESULTING IN BOTH PROPELLERS CONTACTING THE RUNWAY SURFACE. WHEN THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST THE FUEL WAS CUT OFF, THE TOWER WAS NOTIFIED AND THE MASTER SWITCH WAS TURNED OFF. TWO LONG BEACH CONTROL TOWER CONTROLLERS MADE STATEMENTS, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ HOWEVER BOTH CONTROLLERS DID NOT SEE THE INCIDENT UNTIL AFTER THE AIRPLANE NOSE HAD CONTACTED THE AIRPORT SURFACE. ^PRIVACY DATA OM^ THE MECHANIC THAT RECOVERED THE AIRCRAFT STATED THAT THE PILOT SAID THAT THEY HAD A HARD LANDING WHICH CAUSED THEM TO BOUNCE BACK INTO THE AIR FOLLOWED BY A MUCH HARDER LANDING, FOLLOWED BY THE NOSE WHEEL FAILURE.

## Other reports on N134RJ (3)

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

- [Incident 20000916022519I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000916022519I), Sep 16, 2000: Piper PA34200T (N134RJ), Long Beach, CA, Minor damage. (-23) A/c had experienced a gear up landing prior to this incident and had just been returned to service. This was the first maintenance check flight and first…
- [Incident 20000819026199I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000819026199I), Aug 19, 2000: Piper PA34200T (N134RJ), Long Beach, CA, Minor damage. (-23) On final approach to lgb the pilot noticed an excessive sink rate. The pilot initiated a go around but was unable to arrest sink rate. The aircraft MLG…
- [Incident 19970603018059I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970603018059I), Jun 3, 1997: Piper PA34200T (N134RJ), San Jose, CA, Minor damage. Narrative: according to the pilot's statement, he did not have good final speed and feeling under pressure by landing at a short landing field, his landing was…

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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