# Incident 20161103017989I: Piper PA-34-200T, Sarasota, FL, November 3, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 3, 2016, 16:20 local time
- Place: Sarasota, FL
- Airport: Sarasota
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: X5QS
- Location: 27.3383° N, 82.5437° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sarasota, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.3383&lon=-82.5437&mi=10
- Aircraft: N865SC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N865SC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-200T (registry code 7103406, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200t) (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-34-200T
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-360 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 4,000 total, 300 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20161103017989I

## Narrative

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

NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED ON LANDING RWY 14.

AIRCRAFT SLID APPROXIMATELY 900 FEET FROM INITIAL TOUCHDOWN TO STOPPED.

PILOT STATED THAT THERE WERE NO ANOMALIES DURING THE APPROACH AND LANDING. THE GEAR AND GREEN INDICATOR LIGHTS WERE VERIFIED SEVERAL TIMES DURING THE APPROACH. LANDING WAS NORMAL WITH WEIGHT ON ALL THREE LANDING GEARS WHEN THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED.

THE PILOT ALSO STATED THAT THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME THIS HAS OCCURRED ON THIS MAKE AND MODEL OF AIRCRAFT.

INSPECTION WAS LIMITED DUE TO AIRCRAFT NOT BEING ON ITS LANDING GEAR. THE MAINS COLLAPSED DURING THE RECOVERY EFFORT.

100 HOUR AND ANNUAL INSPECTION ARE CURRENT.

AD2005-13-16 COMPLIED WITH ON 12/22/2015

## Other reports on N865SC (2)

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

- [Incident 20050426007139I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050426007139I), Apr 26, 2005: Piper PA34200T (N865SC), Miami, FL, Minor damage. (-23) At approximately 1715, pilot of N865SC reports to control tower on short and final unsafe nose gear indication (no green). Opa-Locka tower observed nose…
- [Incident 20000624033619I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000624033619I), Jun 24, 2000: Piper PA34200T (N865SC), Marathon, FL, Substantial damage. (-23)Nose gear collapased after landing. Gear retraction test and emergency extention was performed, outcome was satisfactory. Review of log books will be…

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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