20241019014739I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-34-200T · Merritt Island, FL · October 19, 2024

Date
October 19, 2024 · 08:04 local
Place
Merritt Island, FL
Airport
Merritt Island
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N147BZ
Reported as
Piper PA-34-200T
Reported engine
Continental TSIO-360 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
241 total

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

PIC completed an initial t.o. and ldg., upon the subsequent, successful approach and short field landing on runway 11, approximately 2 seconds after touchdown during rollout phase, the nose landing gear collapsed resulting in the aircraft sliding on the runway, exiting to the left, coming to rest on the grass.

As the FAA filed it

PIC COMPLETED AN INITIAL T.O. AND LDG., UPON THE SUBSEQUENT, SUCCESSFUL APPROACH AND SHORT FIELD LANDING ON RUNWAY 11, APPROXIMATELY 2 SECONDS AFTER TOUCHDOWN DURING ROLLOUT PHASE, THE NOSE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED RESULTING IN THE AIRCRAFT SLIDING ON THE RUNWAY, EXITING TO THE LEFT, COMING TO REST ON THE GRASS.