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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA34200T · Van Nuys, CA · March 3, 2008

Date: March 3, 2008 · 19:25 local
Place: Van Nuys, CA
Airport: Van Nuys
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N44730
Reported as: Piper PA34200T
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 5,500 total100 in this make and model25 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) Flight instructor giving multi training states all was normal. On landing aircraft nose gear collapsed. Student states he felt the aircraft sinking, hit main gear, then nose gear collapsed. Due to the manner in which the aircraft was handled, and subsequently dropped more than once during runway removal, it is impossible to ascertain how the damage to the nose gear occurred. This flight instructor has been involved in one other accident within the last month. privacy data omitted

As the FAA filed it

(-23) FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR GIVING MULTI TRAINING STATES ALL WAS NORMAL. ON LANDING AIRCRAFT NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED. STUDENT STATES HE FELT THE AIRCRAFT SINKING, HIT MAIN GEAR, THEN NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED. DUE TO THE MANNER IN WHICH THE AIRCRAFT WAS HANDLED, AND SUBSEQUENTLY DROPPED MORE THAN ONCE DURING RUNWAY REMOVAL, IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO ASCERTAIN HOW THE DAMAGE TO THE NOSE GEAR OCCURRED. THIS FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN ONE OTHER ACCIDENT WITHIN THE LAST MONTH. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^