# Accident 20060329006899A: Piper PA44180, Daytona Beach, FL, March 29, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 29, 2006, 10:42 local time
- Place: Daytona Beach, FL
- Airport: Daytona Beach Regional
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: NX4S
- Location: 29.1800° N, 81.0581° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.1800&lon=-81.0581&mi=10
- Aircraft: N938ER (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA44180
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,800 total, 300 in this make and model, 175 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA06LA074](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA06LA074) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060329006899A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 29 MAR, 2006 AT 1042 EST, N938ER, A PIPER PA 44-180 "SEMINOLE", VEERED LEFT OFF RUNWAY 25R AT DAYTONA BEACH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, FL IMMEDIATELY AFTER TOUCHDOWN AND IMPACTED THE 9000 FT RUNWAY-REMAINING MARKER ADJACENT TO THE RUNWAY, INCURRING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT WING. PIC WAS ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ PILOT AT THE CONTROLS WAS ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. UPON TOUCHDOWN ABEAM TAXIWAY N9, THE NOSE LANDING GEAR STRUT IMMEDIATELY COLLAPSED FORWARD, AND THE NOSE DROPPED ONTO THE COLLAPSED STRUT AS THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO VEER LEFT. THE CREW ATTEMPTED TO REGAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL BUT COULD NOT. CREW BROUGHT THROTTLES TO IDLE, PROPELLER LEVERS TO FEATHER, AND MIXTURES TO IDLE-CUTOFF AS AIRCRAFT REACHED EDGE OF PAVED SURFACE. RIGHT PROPELLER BLADES STRUCK EDGE OF PAVEMENT, LEFT PROPELLER BLADES IMPACTED SANDY SOIL ALONGSIDE RUNWAY SHOULDER. AIRCRAFT QUICKLY REMOVED TO ALLOW RUNWAY TO RE-OPEN. NOSE GEAR DRAG BRACE FOUND BROKEN AT FORWARD BUSHING MOUNT. NOSE OLEO SHOWS EVIDENCE OF BOTTOMING OUT IN COMPRESSION. DRAG BRACE AND BUSHING SENT TO NTSB METALLURGICAL LAB FOR ANALYSIS.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB MIA06LA074](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA06LA074), Mar 29, 2006: Piper PA-44-180 (N938ER), Daytona Beach, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: Failure of the nose landing gear upper drag brace assembly due to overload acting on an undetected forging defect formed during the initial forging of the brace. A contributing factor in this…

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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