# Incident 20080207010679I: Piper PA34200, La Verne, CA, February 7, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 7, 2008, 10:32 local time
- Place: La Verne, CA
- Airport: Brackett Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.0917° N, 117.7818° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BRACKETT FLD (POC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0917&lon=-117.7818&mi=10
- Aircraft: N60YX, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N60YX-2009-10-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-200 (registry code 7103405, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 SER A&C (registry code 41511, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-ser-a-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA34200
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,400 total, 200 in this make and model, 120 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080207010679I

## Narrative

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

(-23) UPON LANDING THE AIRCRAFT WAS ROLLING ON THE RUNWAY WHEN THE NOSE GEAR RETRACTED WITHOUT THE PILOT SELECTING RETRACT. THIS PARTICULAR MAKE AND MODEL HAS A SERIOUS PROPENSITY FOR THE NOSE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSING WITHOUT WARNING. THERE IS AN AD RELATED TO THIS AND THE RECORDS SHOW THAT THE AD HAS BEEN ACCOMPLISHED ON TIME AND THE BOLT WAS REPLACED JUST OVER 300 HOURS AGO. THE AD REQUIRES THAT THE BOLT BE REPLACED EVERY 500 HOURS. THE REPORTING INSPECTORS WILL BE PRESENT TO OBSERVE THE DISASSEMBLY OF THE NOSE LANDING GEAR DRAG LINKS FOR FURTHER EXAMINATION AND INVESTIGATION. THE OWNER/OPERATOR WILL ADVISE THE REPORTING INSPECTOR PRIOR TO COMMENCEMENT OF WORK.

## Other reports on N60YX (1)

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

- [Incident 20090417003399I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090417003399I), Apr 17, 2009: Piper PA34200 (N60YX), La Verne, CA, Substantial damage. (-23) On the 17th of April 2009, a flight instructor, flying a Piper PA-34-200, N60YX, was preparing his student for a commercial multi-engine/instrument…

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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