# Accident 20100915047709A: Piper PA-34-200T, Inverness, FL, September 15, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 15, 2010, 15:00 local time
- Place: Inverness, FL
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.8036° N, 82.0717° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.8036&lon=-82.0717&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2872S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2872S-2013-08-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-200T (registry code 7103406, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-34-200T
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-360-EB
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 3,200 total, 642 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA10TA481](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA10TA481) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100915047709A

## Narrative

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

PILOT WAS PRACTICING TAKE-OFFS AND LANDINGS. ON THE LAST LANDING THE PILOT SAID HE HEARD A LOUD THUMP. SHORTLY AFTER THE LOUD THUMP, THE NOSE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED AND THE PROPELLERS STRUCK THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT SKIDDED TO A STOP WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ERA10TA481](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA10TA481), Sep 15, 2010: Piper PA-34-200T (N2872S), Inverness, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's improper flare which resulted in a hard landing and subsequent collapse of the nose landing gear.

## Other reports on N2872S (2)

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

- [Incident 19840224012149I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840224012149I), Feb 24, 1984: Piper PA34200T (N2872S), Wichita, KS, Minor damage. Left main gear strut broke off 4 inches above the scissors on the landing roll.
- [Incident 19831008067359I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831008067359I), Oct 8, 1983: Piper PA34200T (N2872S), Wichita, KS. Nose gear collapsed on landing roll. Retract system attach bolt and holes worn out. Down lock tension insufficient.

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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