# Incident 20250523006119I: Piper PA-34-200, North Little Ro, AR, May 23, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 23, 2025, 14:00 local time
- Place: North Little Ro, AR
- Airport: North Little Rock Municipal Ai
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Unknown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.8331° N, 92.2541° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NORTH LITTLE ROCK MUNI (ORK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.8331&lon=-92.2541&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1054U, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1054U) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-200 (registry code 7103405, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-34-200
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250523006119I

## Narrative

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

DURING MULTI-ENGINE TRAINING, THE INSTRUCTOR AND STUDENT WERE ON APPROACH FOR THEIR THIRD LANDING ON RUNWAY 5 AT NORTH LITTLE ROCK AIRPORT (KORK). THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN, AND ON ROLLOUT, THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS RECOVERED AND MOVED TO A HANGER. DURING AN INSPECTION OF THE NOSE GEAR AND RETRACTION SYSTEM, IT WAS FOUND THAT THE DOWNLOCK LINK ROD END HAD SEPARATED AT THE THREADS.

## Other reports on N1054U (3)

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

- [Incident 20170619011739I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170619011739I), Jun 19, 2017: Piper PA-34-200 (N1054U), Bremerton, WA, Minor damage. While preparing to land the pilots followed the normal landing gear extension procedure but the nose landing gear failed to extend. The pilots then attempted…
- [Incident 20020102000079I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020102000079I), Jan 2, 2002: Piper PA34200 (N1054U), Tacoma, WA, Minor damage. (-23) Pilot & student pilot were conducting touch and go procedures. In the take-off phase, student pilot reached over to select flaps up but selected gear up…
- [Incident 19931121049719I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19931121049719I), Nov 21, 1993: Piper PA34200 (N1054U), Isla De Culebra, PR, Minor damage. Nose gear collapsed on landing rollout. Had three green lights. Surrendered operating certificate.

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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