# Incident 20180820018889I: Piper PA-44-180, Long Beach, CA, August 20, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 20, 2018, 09:45 local time
- Place: Long Beach, CA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Location: 33.7670° N, 118.1892° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Long Beach, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7670&lon=-118.1892&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2126X, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2126X) (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
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180820018889I

## Narrative

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

DURING LANDING ROLLOUT, NOSE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED.  POST INCIDENT INSPECTION REVEALED FAILED HARDWARE(NAS BOLT) IN NOSE GEAR DRAG LINK.  THE ASSEMBLY INVOLVED IS AFFECTED BY AD 94-14-14 WHICH WAS COMPLIED WITH 10/14/1994 AT 5095.4 AIRCRAFT TOTAL TIME.

## Other reports on N2126X (3)

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

- [Incident 20150105001349I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150105001349I), Jan 5, 2015: Piper PA-44-180 (N2126X), Long Beach, CA, Minor damage. The landing gear collapsed on roll out
- [Incident 19990802023719I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990802023719I), Aug 2, 1999: Piper PA44180 (N2126X), Long Beach, CA, Minor damage. (-23) On August 2, 1999 at 1130 PST, Piper PA-44-180, N2126X left main landing gear collapsed on landing rollout. Flight was for instruction, and both pilots…
- [Incident 19960315008152I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960315008152I), Mar 15, 1996: Piper PA44180 (N2126X), Santa Ana, CA, Minor damage. Narrative: Mr. Timmons and Mr. Rutledge, in the Piper seminole, N2126X, were stopped on taxiway kilo waiting to cross runway 19L to get to 19R. They were…

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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