# Incident 20080407837679I: Piper PA34200, Westfield/Spri, MA, April 7, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 7, 2008, 18:46 local time
- Place: Westfield/Spri, MA
- Airport: Barnes Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: YF5A
- Location: 42.1251° N, 72.7495° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Westfield, MA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.1251&lon=-72.7495&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4805T (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA34200
- Reported engine: LYC IO360LYC*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,000 total, 160 in this make and model, 72 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080407837679I

## Narrative

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

(-23)  AIRCRAFT WAS ON A REPOSITIONING FLIGHT FROM HFD TO BAF.  PILOT EXECUTED MULTIPLE LANDINGS.  ON FINAL LANDING, THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED AFTER TOUCHDOWN DURING ROLLOUT.  INVESTIGATION FOUND A FRACTURED FITTING THAT THE NOSE GEAR ACTUATOR IS SECURED TO AT ITS AFT END.  AD 2005-13-16R ADDRESSES A KNOWN PROBLEM IN THIS AREA.  AD WAS COMPLIED WITH IN SEPTEMBER 2007 AT 4515.3 HOURS.  REPETITIVE LUBRICATION IS REQUIRED EVERY 50 HOURS AND THE AD INSPECTION IS REQUIRED EVERY 100 HOURS.  THE AIRCRAFT NOW HAS 4641.1 HOURS.  A QUICK REVIEW OF THE MAINTENANCE RECORDS SHOWS NO MAINTNANCE ENTRIES FOR WORK IN THIS AREA SINCE THE INITIAL AD COMPLETION.

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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