# Incident 20180710010809I: Piper PA-44-180, Sacramento, CA, July 10, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 10, 2018, 10:48 local time
- Place: Sacramento, CA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.5816° N, 121.4944° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sacramento, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.5816&lon=-121.4944&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8154J, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8154J) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-44-180 (registry code 7104402, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-44-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-44-180
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 20,000 total, 4,000 in this make and model, 204 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180710010809I

## Narrative

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

NOSE GEAR COLAPSED AFTER LANDING DUE TO NOSE GEAR DRAG BRACE BOLT FAILURE.

## Other reports on N8154J (1)

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

- [Incident 19890526064779I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890526064779I), May 26, 1989: Piper PA44180 (N8154J), Chicago/Wheelin, IL, Minor damage. Nose gear collapsed on rollout. Skidded off right side of runway. Right attach bearing was missing.

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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