# Incident 20200904016349I: Piper PA-34-200T, Atlanta, GA, September 4, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 4, 2020, 10:15 local time
- Place: Atlanta, GA
- Airport: Dekalb-Peachtree
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: 5K0S
- Location: 33.8760° N, 84.3020° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DEKALB-PEACHTREE (PDK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8760&lon=-84.3020&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5423F, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5423F) (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
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,550 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200904016349I

## Narrative

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

ON SEPTEMBER 04, 2020, APPROXIMATELY 10:15AM PIPER AIRCRAFT N5423F LANDED AT PEACHTREE DEKALB AIRPORT IN ATLANTA, GEORGIA. UPON TOUCHDOWN THE RIGHT GEAR COLLASPE CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO VEER OFF TO THE RIGHT ON RUNWAY 3.

AFTER INSPECTING THE RIGHT GEAR WHEEL WELL IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE FWD TRUNION BRACE PLATE HAD INDICATIONS OF BREAKS/CRACKS IN THE PLATE. UPON LANDING THE PLATE FAILED AND ALLOWED THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR TO SEPARATE FROM THE AIRCRAFT.

## Other reports on N5423F (4)

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

- [Incident 20010524012589I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010524012589I), May 24, 2001: Piper PA34200T (N5423F), Augusta, GA, Minor damage. (-23)After landing nose gear collapsed, damage to l & r propellers and nose cone.
- [Accident 19990320015329A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990320015329A), Mar 20, 1999: Piper PA34200T (N5423F), St Petersburg-C, FL, Substantial damage. (.19)On March 20, 1999, at 1500 eastern standrad time, a Piper PA-34-200T, N5423F, collided with the ground during a landing at the st. Petersburg/Clearwater…
- [Incident 19851018056609I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19851018056609I), Oct 18, 1985: Piper PA34200T (N5423F), Muscle Shoals, AL, Minor damage. Pilot heard rattling noise in nose section on rollout and then nose gear collapsed. Cause not reported.
- [Incident 19790730013629I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790730013629I), Jul 30, 1979: Piper PA34200 (N5423F), Charlotte, NC, Minor damage. Pilot unable to extend nose gear before landing, found damaged steering stops.

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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