# Incident 20080303011899I: Piper PA34200T, Van Nuys, CA, March 3, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 3, 2008, 19:25 local time
- Place: Van Nuys, CA
- Airport: Van Nuys
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.2098° N, 118.4900° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at VAN NUYS (VNY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2098&lon=-118.4900&mi=10
- Aircraft: N44730 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA34200T
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,500 total, 100 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080303011899I

## Narrative

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

(-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^

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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