# Incident 20211205021739I: Piper PA-34-200, Homstead, FL, December 5, 2021

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 5, 2021, 15:00 local time
- Place: Homstead, FL
- Airport: Homestead Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: 9PTS
- Location: 51.7057° S, 60.0293° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Homestead Municipal Airport, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=-51.7057&lon=-60.0293&mi=10
- Aircraft: N760FS, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N760FS) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-200 (registry code 7103405, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-C1E6 (registry code 41835, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-c1e6) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-34-200
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-360-C1E6
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20211205021739I

## Narrative

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

ON DECEMBER 5, 2021 AIRCRAFT N760FS OPERATED BY PTC HOMESTEAD, NLG COLLAPSED DURING LANDING AT X-51. THIS IS A SECOND OCCURRENCE OF THIS ISSUE, UPON INVESTIGATION AND REVIEW OF MAINTENANCE PROCEDURES & RECORDS IT WAS FOUND THAT PTC HOMESTEAD WAS IN COMPLIANCE WITH AD 2005-13-16 & SB 1123-B, SB-1123C FURTHERMORE, SURVEILLANCE WAS ACCOMPLISHED WITH THE MECHANIC ONSITE WITH A STEP BY STEP PROCESS OF THE COMPLETITION OF THE ADS & SB WITH THE REPLACEMENT OF SERVICEABLE PARTS VERIFIED, REVIEWED NOSE GEAR OVER-CENTER LOCK MECHANISM MEASUREMENTS , GEAR RETRACTION AND EXTENSION CHECK WITH CORRESPONDING LIGHTS AND ALL CHECKED OUT SATISFACTORY. ALL TEST WERE SATISFACTORY AND THE SYSTEM WAS DEMONSTRATED TO OPERATE AS DESCRIBED IN THE PIPER MAINTENANCE MANUAL. COULD NOT DUPLICATE PROBLEM. ADDITIONALLY THE AIRCRAFT WILL REMAIN OUT OF SERVICE UNTIL A PIPER REPRESENTATIVE INSPECTS AND DETERMINES THE POSSIBLE CAUSE OF THE NOSE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSE.

A/C N760FS WILL REMAIN PARKED IN AOG STATUS DUE TO UNAVAILABLE PROPS FOR THIS MODEL, IN ADDITION INCIDENT ID # SO19202205271 NLG COLLAPSED DURING LANDING AT X-51. COULD NOT BE DUPLICATE. IT IS CERTIFICATE HOLDERS INTENTION WHEN PROPS BECOME AVAILABLE TO RETURN THE AIRCRAFT TO AN AIRWORTHY CONDITION AND HAVE IT RE-EXAMINED BY THE PI AND REQUEST A FERRY PERMIT TO A PIPER SERVICE CENTER FOR FURTHER EXAMINATION AND RESOLUTION OF THE ISSUE. IN ADDITION A FOLLOW-UP ACTIVITY HAS BEEN ASSIGNED TO CONTINUE MONITORING THE STATUS OF THE AIRCRAFT

SO# SO19202300510

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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