# Incident 20061026023569I: Piper PA34200T, Venice, FL, October 26, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 26, 2006, 12:00 local time
- Place: Venice, FL
- Airport: Venice Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: F6FS
- Location: 27.0713° N, 82.4400° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at VENICE MUNI (VNC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.0713&lon=-82.4400&mi=10
- Aircraft: N467TC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N467TC-2010-09-24) (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: 265 total, 11 in this make and model, 11 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20061026023569I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON OCTOBER 26, 2006, AT 1200 EDT, A PIPER PA-34-200T, N467TC, REGISTERED TO AND OPERATED BY FLORIDA FLIGHT TRAINING CENTER, INC., SUSTAINED A NOSE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSE UPON LANDING AT VENICE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, VENICE, FLORIDA WHILE ON A LOCAL PART 141 CHECK FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLERS AND FUSELAGE NOSE SECTION AND THE COMMERCIAL-RATED PILOT AND DESIGNATED PILOT EXAMINER WERE NOT INJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT VENICE, FLORIDA ON OCTOBER 26, 2006 AT APPROXIMATELY 1100 HOURS EDT. THE NOSE LANDING GEAR ACTUATOR MOUNTING BRACKET RIVETS FAILED, PREVENTING THE NOSE GEAR DRAG BRACE FROM MOVING TO ITS FULL OVER-CENTER POSITION BEFORE THE NOSE GEAR DOWN LIGHT SWITCH ACTUATED. INSPECTION OF THE RIVETS IS REQUIRED BY AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVE 2005-13-16. THE LAST INSPECTION OF THE RIVETS WAS ACCOMPLISHED AT AIRCRAFT TIME 8788 AND WAS OVERDUE AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT.

## Other reports on N467TC (2)

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

- [Incident 20071113828599I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20071113828599I), Nov 13, 2007: Piper PA34200T (N467TC), Venice, FL, Minor damage. (-23) At 1600 hours EST at Venice, Florida, a Piper PA-34-200T, registered to Florida flight training center, experienced a nose landing gear collapse on…
- [Incident 20040816016509I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040816016509I), Aug 16, 2004: Piper PA34200T (N467TC), Naples, FL, Minor damage. (-23) Overview: on Monday August 16, 2004, at approximately 1230 EST, a Piper seneca (PA-34), aircraft (N467TC) was in run-up prior to takeoff at Naples…

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