# Incident 20090730047989I: Piper PA-34-220T, Ronkonkoma, NY, July 30, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 30, 2009, 18:20 local time
- Place: Ronkonkoma, NY
- Airport: Long Island Mac Arthur
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.7961° N, 73.1007° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LONG ISLAND MAC ARTHUR (ISP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7961&lon=-73.1007&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6915Z, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6915Z) (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 PA-34-220T
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090730047989I

## Narrative

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

PILOT REPORTED UNSAFE NOSE GEAR INDICATION PRIOR TO LANDING. AFTER FOUR ATTEMPTS TO LOWER LANDING GEAR PERFORMED LOW PASS AT KISP TOWER, PERSONNEL INDICATED NOSE GEAR DID APPEAR DOWN, BUT NOT FULLY EXTENDED. PILOT LANDED RUNWAY 24, NOSE GEAR COLLASPED ON AIRCRAFT TOUCH DOWN, AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST AT INTERSECTION OF RUNWAY 24 AND 33L. PILOT EXITED AIRCRAFT, WITH NO REPORTED INJURIES, NO OTHER PERSONNEL ONBOARD.DAMAGE NOTED TO BOTH AIRCRAFT PROPELLERS, LOWER NOSE SECTION OF FUSELAGE INCLUDING NOSE BAY DOORS, AND FWD BAGGAGE BAY BULKHEAD. DURING AIRCRAFT RECOVERY EFFORTS NOSE GEAR WOULD NOT LOCK IN DOWN POSITION. FURTHER INVESTIGATION NOTED DAMAGE TO NOSE GEAR STEERING STOPS, AND CRACKED NOSE GEAR STEERING ARM CHANNEL,THE CRACKED STEERING ARM CHANNEL HAD CASUED NOSE STEERING TILLER ROLLER TO COME OUT OF THE STEERING ARM CHANNEL, PREVENTING NOSE GEAR FROM COMPLETELY CENTERING OR COMING FULLY LOCKED IN THE DOWN POSITION. THIS CONDITION HAS BEEN DOCUMENTED IN AD 2005-13-16 & PIPER S/B 1123B BOTH OF WHICH WERE COMPLIED WITH ON THIS AIRCRAFT.

## Other reports on N6915Z (1)

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

- [Accident 19990902046109A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990902046109A), Sep 2, 1999: Piper PA34220T (N6915Z), Nantucket, MA, No damage. (-23) Aircraft landed runway 06. Pilot felt right side settle and right wing hit runway. Pilot then felt the nose gear collapse and aircraft skidded to a stop.…

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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