# Incident 20060208006579I: Piper PA34200T, Hawthorne, CA, February 8, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 8, 2006, 07:00 local time
- Place: Hawthorne, CA
- Airport: Hawthorne Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.9148° N, 118.3481° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hawthorne, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9148&lon=-118.3481&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2900R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2900R-2014-05-08) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 12,000 total, 250 in this make and model, 110 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060208006579I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 02/07/2006 AT APPROX 0730 A LOCAL OPERATOR FROM THE HHR AIRPORT CALLED THIS OFFICE TO REPORT THAT A PIPER SENECA HAD EXPERIENCED A NOSE GEAR COLLAPSE DURING LANDING. PILOT STATED THAT HE LOWERED HIS LANDING GEAR ON DOWN WIND AND MADE A NORMAL LANDING AT HHR AT APPROX THE 1000 FOOT MARK. APPROX. MID FIELD JUST SHORT OF TAXIWAY DELTA THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS MOVED TO A LOCAL FBO WHERE IT WAS JACKED AND THE GEAR WAS OPERATED. IT WAS NOTED DURING THE GEAR OPERATION THAT THE NOSE GEAR DRAG LINK DID NOT GO OVER CENTER. FURTHER INVESTIGATION FOUND THAT THE UPPER DRAG LINK BOLT APPEARED TO BE BENT. M OR D TO FOLLOW.

## Other reports on N2900R (4)

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

- [Incident 20090904015719I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090904015719I), Sep 4, 2009: Piper PA34200T (N2900R), Hanford, CA, Minor damage. (-23) While performing a visual approach to runway 32 at hjo, the pilot reported that upon landing gear (ldg) extension, the ldg failed to fully extend (1/3 to…
- [Incident 20050515008399I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050515008399I), May 15, 2005: Piper PA34200T (N2900R), Hanford, CA, Minor damage. (-23) N2900R made an emergency landing at Hanford airport, Hanford CA. On 05-15-05 and failed to extend the landing gear. The airplane sustained minor damage…
- [Incident 19900603026219I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900603026219I), Jun 3, 1990: Piper PA34200T (N2900R), Baytown, TX, Minor damage. Nose wheel axle parted and wheel departed while taxiing. Strut hit taxiway
- [Incident 19791104056649I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791104056649I), Nov 4, 1979: Piper PA34200 (N2900R), Baytown, TX, Minor damage. Instructor and student failed to extend gear before landing. Instructor had rendered warning horn inoperative.

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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