# Incident 20080408833009I: Piper PA34220T, Wahpeton, ND, April 8, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 8, 2008, 08:00 local time
- Place: Wahpeton, ND
- Airport: Harry Stern
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.2443° N, 96.6072° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HARRY STERN (BWP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.2443&lon=-96.6072&mi=10
- Aircraft: N83878, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N83878-2010-01-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-220T (registry code 7103420, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-220t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-360 series (registry code 17019, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA34220T
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO360KB
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,737 total, 186 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080408833009I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AFTER AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING AT THE WAHPETON, ND AIRPORT, THE PILOT REPORTED HE WAS TAXIING ON THE RUNWAY AT LOW SPEED WHEN THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED OR RETRACTED. THE DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT CONSISTED OF DAMAGE TO THE NOSE GEAR DOORS, MINOR DAMAGE TO THE BOTTOM OF THE NOSE CONE AND SUDDEN STOPPAGE ON BOTH ENGINES RESULTING IN DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLERS. THERE WERE 2 ADDITIONAL PASSENGERS ON BOARD AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE COMMERCIALLY CERTIFICATED PILOT REPORTED THE SAME THING HAD OCCURRED TO THIS AIRCRAFT IN OCTOBER OF 2007. THE REPAIRS CONSISTED OF RECHARGING THE HYDRAULIC SYSTEM AND REINFLATION OF THE NOSE GEAR STRUT. AN INSPECTION OF THE NOSE GEAR SYSTEM INDICATED PREVIOUS, UNREPAIRED DAMAGE, POSSIBLY RELATED TO A PRIOR GEAR COLLAPSE. AIRWORTHINESS INSPECTORS WILL COMPLETE A MALFUNCTION OR DEFECT REPORT.

## Other reports on N83878 (2)

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

- [Incident 20071030831239I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20071030831239I), Oct 30, 2007: Piper PA34220T (N83878), Willmar, MN, Minor damage. (-23) Nose gear failed to extend, elected to land on grass runway with gear retracted.
- [Incident 19870717049429I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870717049429I), Jul 17, 1987: Piper PA34220T (N83878), Mcgrath, AK, Minor damage. During takeoff from rough runway the right gear was damaged and fell off. Safe landing at destination.

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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