# Incident 20200427013059I: Piper PA-34-200T, San Bernardino, CA, April 27, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 27, 2020, 11:30 local time
- Place: San Bernardino, CA
- Airport: San Bernrdino
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.1083° N, 117.2898° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of San Bernardino, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.1083&lon=-117.2898&mi=10
- Aircraft: N577SA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N577SA-2021-06-05) (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
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200427013059I

## Narrative

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

ON APRIL 27, 2020 PIPER N577SA WAS ON A TRAINING FLIGHT FROM IT'S BASE AIRPORT OF REDLANDS CA TO SAN BERNARDINO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT  FOR LANDING PRACTICE. ON THE LANDING THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE PROPS, POSSIBLY ENGINES, NOSE GEAR DOORS AND FORWARD LOWER FUSELAGE. THE PILOT SAID IT WAS NOT A HARD LANDING AND THE WEATHER WAS NOT A FACTOR. ON MAY 05, 2020 THE INSURANCE INVESTIGATOR WROTE AN EMAIL STATING THAT THERE WAS A POSSIBLE MISALIGNMENT OF THE TUNNEL SKIN AT THE LOWER NOSE GEAR ATTACH POINT BUT THIS CO0ULD NOT BE DETERMINED TO BE THE  CAUSE OF THE FAILURE.

PILOT'S DOB - 08/30/69

PILOT COMMERCIAL RATED

PILOT'S TOTAL HOURS - 2990

## Other reports on N577SA (3)

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

- [Incident 19991216036079I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991216036079I), Dec 16, 1999: Piper PA34200T (N577SA), Sylvania, GA, Minor damage. (-23) Pilot landed aircraft hard and turned fast and the right landing gear collapsed.
- [Incident 19860710054919I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860710054919I), Jul 10, 1986: Piper PA34200T (N577SA), Angola, IN, Minor damage. Nose gear drag link broke on landing allowing the nose gear to collapse. Small fire put out in battery area.
- [Accident 19780522011199A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780522011199A), May 22, 1978: Piper PA34200 (N577SA), Eufaula, AL, Substantial damage

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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