# Incident 20250203000649I: Piper PA-44-180, Leesburg, FL, February 3, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 3, 2025, 17:00 local time
- Place: Leesburg, FL
- Airport: Leesburg International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.8229° N, 81.8084° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LEESBURG INTL (LEE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.8229&lon=-81.8084&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7719X, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7719X) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-44-180 (registry code 7104402, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-44-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O-360 series (registry code 41575, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-44-180
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O-360 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 1,106 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250203000649I

## Narrative

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

UPON INSPECTION OF THE COLLAPSED NOSE LANDING GEAR, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE NOSE GEAR DRAG LINK BOLT (NAS464P4-27) HAD SHEARED DURING LANDING.  THE SHEARING OF THE BOLT CAUSED THE NOSE GEAR SCISSOR LINK TO FAIL, AND THE NOSE GEAR FOLDED BACK TO THE RETRACTED POSITION. THE NOSE GEAR DRAG LINK BOLT IS REQUIRED TO BE INSPECTED EVERY 100 HOURS AS PART OF PIPER AIRCRAFT SERVICE BULLETIN 1156SB, REV. DECEMBER 12, 2024 (EFFECTIVITY - DECEMBER 16, 2024). A 100 HOUR INSPECTION WAS COMPLETED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ON 01/28/2025. THE CURRENT AD FOR THIS AIRCRAFT DOES NOT INCLUDE SERIAL NUMBERS FOUND WITHIN AD 94-14-14.

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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