# Incident 20160624008279I: Piper PA-34-220T, New Orleans, LA, June 24, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 24, 2016, 08:48 local time
- Place: New Orleans, LA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operator: N6NS
- Location: 29.9546° N, 90.0751° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of New Orleans, LA, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.9546&lon=-90.0751&mi=10
- Aircraft: N83740, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N83740-2026-10-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-220T (registry code 7103420, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-220t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-360 series (registry code 17019, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-34-220T
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 1,600 total, 50 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/20160624008279I

## Narrative

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

DURING AN INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT THE INSTRUCTOR AND STUDENT MADE A SHORT FIELD APPROACH AND LANDING. ON THE ROLL-OUT PRIOR TO APPLYING POWER FOR A TOUCH AND GO THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED FORCING THE AIRCRAFT OFF OF THE RIGHT SIDE OF RUNWAY 36L AT NEW ORLEANS LAKEFRONT AIRPORT. UPON EXITING THE RUNWAY THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK THE RUNWAY/TAXIWAY SIGN FOR 36L & TAXIWAY H. THE SIGN PIERCED THE RIGHT WING OUTBOARD OF THE ENGINE NACELLE DUMPING THE FUEL IN THE WING TANK AND CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO ROTATE 90 DEGREES.; THERE WAS NO FIRE. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST PERPENDICULAR TO THE RUNWAY FACING EAST. THE RIGHT MAIN FOLDED UP AS WELL DURING THE RUNWAY EXCURSION. THE PILOTS SECURED THE AIRCRAFT AND EGRESSED THROUGH THE COCKPIT DOOR. INVESTIGATION OF THE AIRCRAFT NOSE LANDING GEAR FAILURE IS ONGOING. THIS REPORT WILL BE AMENDED AS NEW INFORMATION IS OBTAINED.

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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