# Incident 20070928022829I: Piper PA34200, Madera, CA, September 28, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 28, 2007, 11:00 local time
- Place: Madera, CA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.9662° N, 120.0859° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Madera, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.9662&lon=-120.0859&mi=10
- Aircraft: N15352, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N15352-2019-11-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-200 (registry code 7103405, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA34200
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 620 total, 25 in this make and model, 164 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070928022829I

## Narrative

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

(-23) CFI ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS DEMONSTRATING A SHORT FIELD LANDING TO STUDENT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. ALL 3 GREEN LANDING GEAR LIGHTS WERE OBSERVED. AFTER LANDING THE CFI, THE STUDENT, AND A BACK SEAT STUDENT OBSERVER ALL STATE THAT THE LANDING GEAR CONTROL WAS NOT TOUCHED BUT THAT THE FLAPS WERE RETRACTED AND FULL POWER APPLIED FOR A TOUCH AND GO TAKEOFF. AT APPROX. 70 MPH THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED. DURING THE RETRIEVAL PROCESS THE NOSE SECTION WAS PLACED ON A DOLLY. WHEN THE PLANE WAS FIRST BEING TOWED, A MAIN GEAR BEGAN TO COLLAPSE. IT WAS THEN DISCOVERED THAT BOTH MAIN GEAR UPLOCKS WERE DISENGAGED.

## Other reports on N15352 (3)

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

- [Incident 20140609008219I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140609008219I), Jun 9, 2014: Piper PA-34-200 (N15352), Visalia, CA, Minor damage. Pilot final stage check in airplane multi engine training. While on a normal two engine landing the airplane touched down normally and was on the rollout when…
- [Incident 20031203032799I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031203032799I), Dec 3, 2003: Piper PA34200 (N15352), Fresno, CA, Minor damage. (-23) N15352 was landed by instructor pilot michael kennedy at kfat and the airplane was taxied to the end of runway 29R and proceeded across 29L when the nose…
- [Incident 20020829022149I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020829022149I), Aug 29, 2002: Piper PA34200 (N15352), Madera, CA, Substantial damage. (-23) While landing at Madera airport (mae) on 08-29-02 @1122 PDT the seneca PA-34-200 N15352 had the nose landing gear retract (collapse) into the wheel well…

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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