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Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-34-200T · Lakeland, FL · April 13, 2008

Date: April 13, 2008 · 10:30 local
Place: Lakeland, FL
Airport: Lakeland Linder Regional
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Substantial damage
Aircraft: N2965R
Reported as: Piper PA34200T
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 4,000 total600 in this make and model50 in the last 90 days

N2965RRegistered now · Piper PA-34-200TS/N 34-7970425 Airframe modelPiper PA-34-200T Engine modelContinental TSIO-360 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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(-23) Aircraft coming for a landing on runway 27R, aircraft was observed porpoising and landed 1000' short of its marking. Aircraft landed and hit cones on the left side. Aircraft continued to travel approx 3000' with engines running and props striking the ground until r/h engine blew oil all over aircraft and stopped. Fire rescue responded within 1 minute, pilot & passenger escaped without injury. The nose landing gear hit the ground so hard that it broke through the nose section then into the windshield/cockpit. The nose landing gear tubular structure had broken yet the wheel & strut was low enough that the wheel was able and continued to roll without the nose section touching the ground.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) AIRCRAFT COMING FOR A LANDING ON RUNWAY 27R, AIRCRAFT WAS OBSERVED PORPOISING AND LANDED 1000' SHORT OF ITS MARKING. AIRCRAFT LANDED AND HIT CONES ON THE LEFT SIDE. AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO TRAVEL APPROX 3000' WITH ENGINES RUNNING AND PROPS STRIKING THE GROUND UNTIL R/H ENGINE BLEW OIL ALL OVER AIRCRAFT AND STOPPED. FIRE RESCUE RESPONDED WITHIN 1 MINUTE, PILOT & PASSENGER ESCAPED WITHOUT INJURY. THE NOSE LANDING GEAR HIT THE GROUND SO HARD THAT IT BROKE THROUGH THE NOSE SECTION THEN INTO THE WINDSHIELD/COCKPIT. THE NOSE LANDING GEAR TUBULAR STRUCTURE HAD BROKEN YET THE WHEEL & STRUT WAS LOW ENOUGH THAT THE WHEEL WAS ABLE AND CONTINUED TO ROLL WITHOUT THE NOSE SECTION TOUCHING THE GROUND.