# Incident 20120306004099I: Piper PA-34-200, Ridgely, MD, March 6, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 6, 2012, 10:00 local time
- Place: Ridgely, MD
- Airport: Ridgely Airpark
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.9701° N, 75.8663° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Ridgely Airpark (RJD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.9701&lon=-75.8663&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1059U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1059U-2021-06-05) (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 PA-34-200
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 1,720 total, 150 in this make and model, 170 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120306004099I

## Narrative

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

DURING A TRAINING FLIGHT INTO RJD, THE PILOTS WERE PRACTICING TOUCH AND GO'S ON RUNWAY 30. AFTER NUMEROUS UNEVENTFUL LANDINGS, THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED. THE MAIN GEAR REMAINED IN THE DOWN AND LOCKED POSITION. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE: BOTH PROPS DAMAGED, SHEET METAL DAMAGED ON NOSE, AND THE NOSE GEAR DOORS WERE DAMAGED.

## Other reports on N1059U (3)

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

- [Incident 20170530004989I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170530004989I), May 30, 2017: Piper PA-34-200 (N1059U), Tampa, FL, Minor damage. On may 30, 2017, at 12:00 EDT time, a Piper PA--34-200, s/n 34-7250043 landed at Tampa executive airport (vdf) and the nose gear collapsed upon touchdown on…
- [Incident 20160927016019I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160927016019I), Sep 27, 2016: Piper PA-34-200 (N1059U), Tampa, FL, Minor damage. On September 27 at approximately 11:19 local time, a Piper seneca N1059U landed on runway 23 at Tampa Executive Airport (vdf). On landing rollout the nose…
- [Incident 19890902055229I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890902055229I), Sep 2, 1989: Piper PA34200 (N1059U), Hagerstown, MD, Minor damage. Unable to extend nose gear. Landed on main gear. Cause of gear problem not determined.

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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