# Incident 20190329006279I: Piper PA-34-200T, Sparta, TN, March 29, 2019

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 29, 2019, 13:05 local time
- Place: Sparta, TN
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.9347° N, 85.4726° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sparta, TN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.9347&lon=-85.4726&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5463F, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5463F) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 382 total, 49 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190329006279I

## Narrative

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

MARCH 29, 2019 A PIPER SENCA II, N5436F WITH PILOT AND ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ACTING AS PILOT IN COMMAND EXPERIENCED A LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLASPE.

WEATHER WAS CLEAR WITH VERY SLIGHT WIND (LESS THAN 5KTS) RUNWAY WAS DRY AND MINIMAL TRAFFIC IN PATTERN.

PIC ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS FLYING FOR PLEASURE AND UPON LANDING ROLLOUT THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR RETRACTED.  THIS CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO PIVOT 180 DEGREES AND SLID INTO THE GRASS BESIDE THE RUNWAY.

AIRCRAFT LIFTED BY CRANE FOR RECOVERY, LEFT MAIN WOULD SHOW GREEN LIGHT BUT WHEN PUSH INWARD GEAR WOULD MOVE OUT OF LOCK .

MININAL DAMAGE WITH NO INJURES.

## Other reports on N5463F (1)

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

- [Accident 19801022078349A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801022078349A), Oct 22, 1980: Piper PA34200T (N5463F), Whiteriver, AZ, Substantial damage. Landed nose wheel first. Failed to maintain control back pressure on level-off.

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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