# Incident 20200503010479I: Piper PA-34-200, Denision, TX, May 3, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 3, 2020, 17:02 local time
- Place: Denision, TX
- Airport: North Texas Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: W78S
- Aircraft: N1369T, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1369T) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 394 total, 29 in this make and model, 132 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200503010479I

## Narrative

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

CFI INSTRUCTING A STUDENT FOR MULTI-ENGINE RATING, STAYING IN THE PATTERN. WITH CFI AT CONTROLS FOR A TOUCH AND GO, ON LANDING, RETRACTED FLAPS, ADVANCED THROTTLES, FELT NOSE GEAR COLLAPSE. MAIN GEARS REMAINED DOWN AND LOCKED. NO INJURIES TO THE TWO OCCUPANTS.

AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE NOSE GEAR DOORS AND NOSE CONE, DUE TO CONTACT WITH THE RUNWAY SURFACE. AIRCRAFT ALSO INCURRED DAMAGE TO BOTH BLADES OF EACH ENGINE PROPELLER DUE TO SUDDEN STOPPAGE. NO OTHER DAMAGE NOTED.

## Other reports on N1369T (2)

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

- [Incident 20030325016899I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030325016899I), Mar 25, 2003: Piper PA34200 (N1369T), Hagerstown, MD, Minor damage. (-23) Aircraft was observed on approach to landing. Watched aircraft until it dropped below hill between myself and the runway. About 15-20 seconds after being…
- [Incident 20020407014059I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020407014059I), Apr 7, 2002: Piper PA34200 (N1369T), Brooksville, FL, Minor damage. (-23) On April 7, 2002, at 10:20 local time, a seneca I, N1369T registered to leasair clearwater, inc., nose gear collapsed upon landing, while on a training…

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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