# Incident 20081130852399I: Piper PA34200, Houston, TX, November 30, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 30, 2008, 16:30 local time
- Place: Houston, TX
- Airport: Houston-Southwest
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.5061° N, 95.4769° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HOUSTON/SOUTHWEST (AXH), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.5061&lon=-95.4769&mi=10
- Aircraft: N199JS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N199JS-2012-03-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-200 (registry code 7103405, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA34200
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 445 total, 19 in this make and model, 26 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20081130852399I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON NOVEMBER 30, 2008 AT 16:30 HOURS, FOLLOWING AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING ON RUNWAY 27 AT HOUSTON SOUTHWEST AIRPORT, THE NOSE GEAR ON AIRCRAFT N199JS COLLAPSED.  PRIOR TO LANDING, ALL LANDING GEAR INDICATORS WERE GREEN, INDICATING THAT THE LANDING GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED.  ACCORDING TO AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVE (AD) 2005-13-16 AND PIPER AIRCRAFT SERVICE BULLETIN 1123, THIS IS AN INHERANT PROBLEM WITH THIS MAKE AND MODEL OF AIRCRAFT.  THE REQUIRED 100 HOUR INSPECTION TO COMPLY WITH THE AD HAD BEEN ACCOMPLISHED 8 FLIGHT HOURS EARLIER.  THE REQUIRED 500 HOUR INSPECTION AS DUE IN 8 HOURS.  THE AIRCRAFT 100 HOUR, ANNUAL INSPECTIONS WERE CURRENT.  THE MECHANIC MAINTAINING THIS AIRCRAFT WAS COUNSELED DUE TO THE POOR RECORDING OF THE REQUIRED 100 HOUR NOSE GEAR INSPECTIONS.  A CHECKLIST WAS PRODUCED SHOWING THE COMPLIANCE WITH THE 100 HOUR REQUIREMENTS.

## Other reports on N199JS (2)

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

- [Incident 20100327030029I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100327030029I), Mar 27, 2010: Piper PA-34-200 (N199JS), Arcola, TX, Minor damage. During landing on runway 27 @ axh, N199JS'S nose gear touched down after initial ground contact; the nose continued to desend as a result of the nose landing…
- [Incident 19971209042359I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971209042359I), Dec 9, 1997: Piper PA34200 (N199JS), Austin, TX, Minor damage. Narrative: on December 9, 1997, at 1735Z, a Piper seneca, N199JS, SN34-7250089, had an incident on landing at Robert Mueller Municipal, Austin, Texas. The…

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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