# Incident 20080202013469I: Piper PA31310, Naples, FL, February 2, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 2, 2008, 16:10 local time
- Place: Naples, FL
- Airport: Naples Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.1524° N, 81.7756° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NAPLES MUNI (APF), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.1524&lon=-81.7756&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6711L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6711L-2025-03-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31-310 (registry code 7103102, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31-310) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31310
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,000 total, 600 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/20080202013469I

## Narrative

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

(-23) NOSE LANDING GEAR WHEEL YOKE FAILED WHEN AXLE RETAINING CAP FRACTURED, CAUSING AXLE TO SLIDE OUT OF WHEEL. THE AXLE SLIDING OUT OF WHEEL CAUSED NOSE WHEEL TO SLIDE OUT OF MOUNT YOKE CAUSING SIDE LOAD ON NOSE LANDING GEAR YOKE, CAUSING IT TO FRACTURE. PROPELLERS DAMAGED WHEN THEY CONTACTED THE RUNWAY AS AIRCRAFT SLID TO A STOP.

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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