# Incident 20140120001769I: Piper PA-34-220T, Vero Beach, FL, January 20, 2014

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 20, 2014, 16:00 local time
- Place: Vero Beach, FL
- Airport: Vero Beach Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.6556° N, 80.4180° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at VERO BEACH RGNL (VRB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.6556&lon=-80.4180&mi=10
- Aircraft: N34646, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N34646-2014-05-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-220T (registry code 7103420, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-220t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-360-RB (registry code 17303, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-360-rb) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-34-220T
- Reported engine: CONTINENTAL TSIO-360-RB
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 142 total, 27 in this make and model, 17 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140120001769I

## Narrative

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

ON 20 JAN 2014 @ 1715, I RECEIVED A CALL FROM THR ROC. N34646, A PA34 INBOUND TO LAND ON 29L. WHILE ON DOWNWIND N34646 REPORTED UNSAFE GEAR INDICATION FOR BOTH MAIN GEAR

AND REQUESTED A LOW APPROACH. THE LOCAL CONTROLLER OBSERVED THE GEAR AND ADVISED THE PILOT THAT THE GEAR

APPEARED DOWN. N34646 THEN REMAINED IN THE PATTERN TO LAND. UPON LANDING ROLL, N34646 RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR

COLLAPSED.

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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