# Incident 20160125000629I: Piper PA-34-200, Abilene, TX, January 25, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 25, 2016, 11:31 local time
- Place: Abilene, TX
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.4487° N, 99.7331° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Abilene, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.4487&lon=-99.7331&mi=10
- Aircraft: N852AT, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N852AT) (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: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 16,600 total, 20 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160125000629I

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT WAS CONDUCTING A MULTI-ENGINE CHECK RIDE, THE EVENT OCCURRED DURING A SHORT FIELD LANDING APPROACH.  THE APPLICANT WAS AT THE CONTROLS AND WHEN THEY OVERFLEW THE PROJECTED LANDING POINT HE LOWERED THE NOSE CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO LAND NOSE HEAVY.  THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED AND THE AIRCRAFT VEERED OFF THE RUNWAY CAUSING DAMAGE TO BOTH PROPELLERS AND THE NOSE LANDING GEAR.

## Other reports on N852AT (4)

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

- [Incident 20160715011999I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160715011999I), Jul 15, 2016: Piper PA-34-200 (N852AT), Denton, TX, Minor damage. In the PIC ?s statement he and the student pilot were doing a second touch and go when the PIC noticed the nose gear was not down and locked. The PIC called…
- [Incident 20140125000839I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140125000839I), Jan 25, 2014: Piper PA-34-200 (N852AT), Denton, TX, Minor damage. Aircraft landed on rwy 18 and was commencing a landing roll out when a "snap" noise was heard from the nose gear area. The airplane began to settle nose down…
- [Incident 20090919017559I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090919017559I), Sep 19, 2009: Piper PA34200 (N852AT), Denton, TX, Minor damage. (-23) On September 19, 2009, at approximately 1800 local time, on board PA-34-200, N852AT, pilot in command and flight instructor [privacy data omitted],…
- [Incident 20080223011439I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080223011439I), Feb 23, 2008: Piper PA34200 (N852AT), Denton, TX, Substantial damage. (-23) Landing gear collapsed on roll out during turn onto taxiway.

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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