# Incident 20180508004999I: Piper PA-34-200, Georgetown, TX, May 8, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 8, 2018, 16:52 local time
- Place: Georgetown, TX
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.6327° N, 97.6772° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Georgetown, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.6327&lon=-97.6772&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4833T, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4833T) (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: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 967 total, 40 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180508004999I

## Narrative

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

DURING THE FIFTH LANDING THE INSTRUCTOR WAS DEMONSTRATING. THE AIRCRAFT ROLLED FOR APPROXIMATELY FIVE SECONDS WHEN THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED AT THE SAME TIME WITH THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR. THE PLANE VEERED OFF THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY CAUSING THE PLANE TO SPIN TO THE RIGHT COMING TO A STOP IN THE GRASS APPROXIMATELY 100 FEET OFF THE RUNWAY AND SHORT OF THE NEXT TAXIWAY J. THE PILOT AND STUDENT STATED THEY HAD THREE GREEN AND VERIFIED GEAR DOWN AND LOCKED THREE TIMES PRIOR TO TOUCHING DOWN. AFTER THE INCIDENT, THE GEAR WAS NOT LOCKED WHEN THE AIRCRAFT WAS LIFTED EVEN THOUGH THERE WAS AT LEAST ONE GREEN LIGHT IN THE COCKPIT ON THE GROUND. THIS INDICATED A MECHANICAL PROBLEM OF SOME SORT. AN FAA AIRWORTHINESS INSPECTOR LATER EXAMINED THE AIRCRAFT. FURTHER INFORMATION SUPPORTS A MECHANICAL PROBLEM. SEE PTRS?S SW17 201805312 & 201805392.

## Other reports on N4833T (1)

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

- [Incident 19860521047139I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860521047139I), May 21, 1986: Piper PA34200 (N4833T), Lousville, KY, Minor damage. Right main gear collapsed on the landing roll. Right main strut housing broke.

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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