# Incident 20210414006029I: Piper PA-44-180, Beaver Falls, PA, April 14, 2021

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 14, 2021, 09:20 local time
- Place: Beaver Falls, PA
- Airport: Beaver County
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.7725° N, 80.3914° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BEAVER COUNTY (BVI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7725&lon=-80.3914&mi=10
- Aircraft: N191ND, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N191ND) (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/20210414006029I

## Narrative

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

NOSE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED UPON LANDING ON RUNWAY 28 AT BEAVER COUNTY AIRPORT (BVI).  UPON INSPECTION, THE NOSE LANDING GEAR DRAG LINK PIVOT BOLT WAS FOUND SHEARED AND THE HEAD OF THE BOLT WAS MISSING. THE BOLT HAD BACKED OUT OF THE PIVOT POINT (CONNECTION OF THE UPPER DRAG LINK TO THE LOWER DRAG LINK) ALLOWING THE NOSE LANDING GEAR TO COLLAPSE.

PIPER SERVICE BULLETIN 1156 REQUIRES REPLACEMENT OF THE BOLT THAT SHEARED EACH 500 HOURS. THIS BOLT HAD ACCUMULATED LESS THAN 490 HOURS TIME IN SERVICE.  A SAFETY RECOMMENDATION WILL BE SUBMITTED TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE.

## Other reports on N191ND (1)

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

- [Incident 19981030043129I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981030043129I), Oct 30, 1998: Piper PA44180 (N191ND), Devils Lake, ND, Minor damage. (-5)The flight, conducted under 14 CFR part 91, for the purpose of student instruction, landed with the landing gear in the retracted position resulting in…

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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