# Incident 20080413831579I: Piper PA34200T, Lakeland, FL, April 13, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 13, 2008, 10:30 local time
- Place: Lakeland, FL
- Airport: Lakeland Linder Regional
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.9876° N, 82.0190° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LAKELAND LINDER INTL (LAL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.9876&lon=-82.0190&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2965R, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2965R) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-200T (registry code 7103406, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-360 series (registry code 17019, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA34200T
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,000 total, 600 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080413831579I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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