# Incident 20070921827739I: Piper PA34220T, Santa Maria, CA, September 21, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 21, 2007, 20:00 local time
- Place: Santa Maria, CA
- Airport: Santa Maria Pub/Capt G Allan H
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Engine Run-Up
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: P5GA
- Location: 34.8999° N, 120.4581° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SANTA MARIA PUB/CAPT G ALLAN HANCOCK FLD (SMX), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.8999&lon=-120.4581&mi=10
- Aircraft: N84643, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N84643-2015-09-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-220T (registry code 7103420, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-220t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-360 series (registry code 17019, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA34220T
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,600 total, 1,000 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/20070921827739I

## Narrative

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

(-23) 9/21/2007 FRIDAY NIGHT-PILOT TAXIED INTO POSITION AND HOLD, APPLIED POWER FOR SYSTEMS CHECK, RELEASED THE BRAKES AND THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED. AIRCRAFT WAS TOWED OFF THE RUNWAY. 9/23/2007 MONDAY MORNING - THE FBO, COAST VALLEY AVIATION, MANUALLY PULLED THE NOSE GEAR DOWN WHICH COLLAPSED THE LEFT MAIN GEAR. AIRCRAFT FELL ON ITS LEFT WING CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE WING AND FUSELAGE. 10/03/07 INSURANCE COS WILL NOW DECIDE THE ECONOMIC VIABILITY OF REPAIRING THE AIRPLANE. 12/18/2007 TALKED TO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, PRESENTLY PACIFIC CONTINENTAL AT VAN NUYS, IS EVALUATING THE ENGINES TO DETERMINE IF THEY CAN BE SAVED, IF NOT, THEN THE AIRPLANE MOST LIKELY WILL BE TOTALED AS THE COST OF REPAIR WILL BE MORE THAN 70% OF THE VALUE OF THE AIRPLANE. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WILL KEEP ME POSTED.

## Other reports on N84643 (1)

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

- [Incident 19850423026839I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850423026839I), Apr 23, 1985: Piper PA34220T (N84643), Pueblo, CO, Minor damage. Flared high and bounced during landing. Flight test discontinued. On return to deparature point found prop curled.

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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