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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-34-200T · Coldwater, MI · January 18, 2011

Date: January 18, 2011 · 12:45 local
Place: Coldwater, MI
Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N1555X
Reported as: Piper PA-34-200T
Reported engine: Continental TSIO-360 series
People aboard: 3
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 0 total0 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

N1555XRegistered now · Piper PA-34-200TS/N 34-7570284 · Built 1975 Airframe modelPiper PA-34-200T Engine modelContinental TSIO-360 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

privacy data omitted Inadvertently/incorrectly installed the nose gear centering spring assembly attachment hardware bolt and retaining nut (404 322, AN316-4R) 180 degree opposite orientation as specified in the Piper seneca ii service manual, ref. 7-8 assembly. The result was a chaff/rub contact of nut 404 322 with the perpendicular rotating nose landing gear door tube. Upon nose gear retraction the nut gouged approximately a 3/4 inch groove in the tube radius surface restricting the landing gear from a subsequent extention due to insufficient clearance with the rotating landing gear door tube assembly.

As the FAA filed it

^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ INADVERTENTLY/INCORRECTLY INSTALLED THE NOSE GEAR CENTERING SPRING ASSEMBLY ATTACHMENT HARDWARE BOLT AND RETAINING NUT (404 322, AN316-4R) 180 DEGREE OPPOSITE ORIENTATION AS SPECIFIED IN THE PIPER SENECA II SERVICE MANUAL, REF. 7-8 ASSEMBLY. THE RESULT WAS A CHAFF/RUB CONTACT OF NUT 404 322 WITH THE PERPENDICULAR ROTATING NOSE LANDING GEAR DOOR TUBE. UPON NOSE GEAR RETRACTION THE NUT GOUGED APPROXIMATELY A 3/4 INCH GROOVE IN THE TUBE RADIUS SURFACE RESTRICTING THE LANDING GEAR FROM A SUBSEQUENT EXTENTION DUE TO INSUFFICIENT CLEARANCE WITH THE ROTATING LANDING GEAR DOOR TUBE ASSEMBLY.

Other reports on N1555X · 2

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

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