# Incident 20160531008999I: Piper PA-34-200T, Sarasota, FL, May 31, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 31, 2016, 11:52 local time
- Place: Sarasota, FL
- Airport: Sarasota/Bradenton International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.3954° N, 82.5544° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SARASOTA/BRADENTON INTL (SRQ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.3954&lon=-82.5544&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4396X, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4396X) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-200T (registry code 7103406, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-34-200T
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-360-E
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 8,900 total, 800 in this make and model, 11 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160531008999I

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT WAS RECEIVING DUAL FLIGHT INSTRUCTION ON LANDINGS IN THE PA-34. AFTER COMPLETING 5 TOUCH AND GO'S ON RUNWAY 22, ON THE 6TH TAKE OFF THE STUDENT  APPLIED FULL POWER AND THE NOSEGEAR COLLAPSED.

AFTER SEVERAL GEAR SWINGS THE GEAR OPERATED PROPERLY.

THEY ARE NOW ALLOWED TO OPEN THE NOSE GEAR ASSEMBLY AND THEY HAVE BEEN TOLD THIS IS POSSIBLY A NOSE GEAR ACTUATOR CRACKED.

## Other reports on N4396X (1)

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

- [Incident 20010311023189I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010311023189I), Mar 11, 2001: Piper PA34200T (N4396X), North Myrtle Be, SC, Minor damage. (-23) The nose landing gear did not extend when the main landing gear extended. The pilot landed with the nose landing gear retracted. Investigation could not…

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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