# Incident 20120803015729I: Piper PA-34-200, Denton, TX, August 3, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 3, 2012, 08:45 local time
- Place: Denton, TX
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: U9FS
- Location: 33.2148° N, 97.1331° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Denton, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.2148&lon=-97.1331&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5049T, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5049T) (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: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 1,140 total, 338 in this make and model, 141 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120803015729I

## Narrative

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

5049T HAD JUST LANDED ON RUNWAY 18 AT DENTON MUNICIPAL AIRPORT AND BEGUN TO TAXI TO TAXIWAY A4 WHEN THE TOWER REQUESTED THAT THEY EXPEDITE THEIR TAXI TO TAXIWAY A5 AND EXIT THE RUNWAY.  AS THE PILOT AT THE CONTROLS ADVANCED THE THROTTLES, 5049T'S NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED.  THE AIRCRAFT SKIDDED APPROXIMATED 100 YARDS AND CAME TO REST IN THE MIDDLE OF THE RUNWAY.  BOTH PROPELLERS AND THE AIRCRAFT NOSE CONE WAS DAMAGED.  5049T WAS TOWED TO A HANGAR AND PLACED ON JACKS.  A MAINTENANCE INSPECTOR DETERMINED THAT THE NOSE GEAR DOWN LOCK LINK ASSEMBLY ATTACHING BOLT HAD BEEN BENT ALLOWING THE OVER CENTER DRAG LINK TO RETRACT.  THIS ALLOWED THE NOSE GEAR TO RETRACT WHEN POWER WAS APPLIED DURING THE TAXI.  THE TWO PILOTS AND ONE PASSENGER ON BOARD STATED THAT THEY HAD NOT HAD ANY HARD LANDINGS WITH THE AIRCRAFT DURING THEIR TRAINING SESSION.

## Other reports on N5049T (2)

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

- [Incident 20160510007629I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160510007629I), May 10, 2016: Piper PA-34-200 (N5049T), Denton, TX, Minor damage. After practicing maneuvers for the instructional flight lesson the aircraft returned to the airport for landing. On the final approach to landing phase of the…
- [Incident 20120502009209I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120502009209I), May 2, 2012: Piper PA-34-200 (N5049T), Hondo, TX, Minor damage. On 05/08/2012, I examined N5049T for a reported nose gear collapse during the landing roll. The nose gear down-lock link was broken, and both props made…

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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