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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-34-200T · New Braunfels, TX · May 14, 2014

Date
May 14, 2014 · 14:00 local
Place
New Braunfels, TX
Airport
New Braunfels Regional Airport
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Departure Roll
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N642DB
Reported as
Piper PA-34-200T
Reported engine
Continental TSIO-360 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
1,307 total12 in this make and model160 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

During a touch and go maneuver, the nose gear collapsed during acceleration for take off.

This was a first time flight after annual maintenance inspection.

As the FAA filed it

DURING A TOUCH AND GO MANEUVER, THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED DURING ACCELERATION FOR TAKE OFF.

THIS WAS A FIRST TIME FLIGHT AFTER ANNUAL MAINTENANCE INSPECTION.