# Incident 20090417003399I: Piper PA34200, La Verne, CA, April 17, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 17, 2009, 18:55 local time
- Place: La Verne, CA
- Airport: Brackett Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: Y8BS
- Location: 34.0917° N, 117.7818° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BRACKETT FLD (POC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0917&lon=-117.7818&mi=10
- Aircraft: N60YX, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N60YX-2009-10-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-200 (registry code 7103405, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 SER A&C (registry code 41511, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-ser-a-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA34200
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,300 total, 800 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/20090417003399I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON THE 17TH OF APRIL 2009, A FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR, FLYING A PIPER PA-34-200, N60YX, WAS PREPARING HIS STUDENT FOR A COMMERCIAL MULTI-ENGINE/INSTRUMENT CHECK-RIDE AT THE BRACKETT AIRPORT (POC), POMONA, CALIFORNIA.  THE PILOT INDICATED THAT THE STUDENT HAD PREVIOUSLY DONE 2 VOR A APPROACHES AND WERE CONTINUING WITH PATTERN WORK ON RUNWAY 26L, WITH AT LEAST 3 UNEVENTFUL LANDINGS IN THE PATTERN AFTER THE APPROACHES.  ON THE FINAL APPROACH TO LANDING THEY TOUCHED DOWN NEAR THE BEGINNING OF RUNWAY 26L AND WERE PROCEEDING TO ROLL OUT ON THE HIGH SPEED TAXIWAY AT DELTA TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATE 25 TO 35 MILES AN HOUR WHEN THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED, STRIKING BOTH PROPELLERS ON THE GROUND AND SKIDDING TO A STOP AT THE ENTRANCE OF THE TAXIWAY D.

## Other reports on N60YX (1)

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

- [Incident 20080207010679I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080207010679I), Feb 7, 2008: Piper PA34200 (N60YX), La Verne, CA, Minor damage. (-23) Upon landing the aircraft was rolling on the runway when the nose gear retracted without the pilot selecting retract. This particular make and model has…

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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