# Incident 20141004020769I: Piper PA-34-200T, Lake Jackson, TX, October 4, 2014

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 4, 2014, 10:30 local time
- Place: Lake Jackson, TX
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.0509° N, 95.4512° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lake Jackson, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.0509&lon=-95.4512&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2924C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2924C) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-200T (registry code 7103406, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-34-200T
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 3,000 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20141004020769I

## Narrative

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

THE PILOTS DEPARTED EFD AND WERE PRACTICING TAKEOFFS AND LANDINGS AT GULF COAST REGIONAL AIRPORT (LBX) FOLLOWING COMMERCIAL MANEUVER PRACTICE EN ROUTE TO LBX.  THE PILOTS WERE ON THEIR SIXTH CIRCUIT IN THE TRAFFIC PATTERN AT LBX ALL OF THE PRIOR TAKEOFF AND LANDINGS HAD BEEN TO A FULL STOP WITHOUT INCIDENT. ON THE LAST CIRCUIT, THE FLYING PILOT LOWERED THE GEAR, STATED THREE GREEN LIGHTS OUT, NO RED, AND INSTRUCTOR PILOT VERIFIED USING THE SAME VERBIAGE. THIS VERIFICATION WAS DONE ON BASE AND ON FINAL. THERE WAS NEVER A HORN DURING THIS TIME. THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN NORMALLY, BUT THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED AS THE FLYING PILOT RELEASED BACK PRESSURE. THE INSTRUCTOR PILOT PULLED THE FUEL LEVER TO OFF, TURNED THE MAGNETOS AND MASTER OFF AND BOTH PILOTS EVACUATED THE AIRCRAFT.

## Other reports on N2924C (1)

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

- [Accident 19801207078649A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801207078649A), Dec 7, 1980: Piper PA34200T (N2924C), Sutherlin, OR, Substantial damage. Landed along side of runway. Struck dirt pile. Dusk, unlighted runway and fogged windshield.

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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