# Incident 20250815011809I: Piper PA-34-200, Livermore, CA, August 15, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 15, 2025, 05:20 local time
- Place: Livermore, CA
- Airport: Livermore Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.6934° N, 121.8204° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LIVERMORE MUNI (LVK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6934&lon=-121.8204&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4063G, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4063G) (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: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 12,494 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250815011809I

## Narrative

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

THE CREW ARRIVED AT LIVERMORE AIRPORT AND CONDUCTED A LOGBOOK REVIEW AND PRE-FLIGHT INSPECTION. NO DISCREPANCIES WERE NOTED. THE AIRCRAFT HAD BEEN RECENTLY LEASED AND RECEIVED A FRESH ANNUAL INSPECTION AT THE TIME OF POSSESSION. APPROXIMATELY 40 HOURS REMAINED BEFORE THE NEXT 100-HOUR INSPECTION WAS DUE.

THE PILOT IN COMMAND, BUSINESS PARTNER, AND A STUDENT PILOT BOARDED THE AIRCRAFT FOR TWO SCHEDULED CHECK RIDES. THE AIRCRAFT THEN LANDED AT MODESTO AIRPORT, WHERE ALL OCCUPANTS EXITED.

TWO CHECK RIDES WERE CONDUCTED AT MODESTO. NO MECHANICAL ISSUES OR DISCREPANCIES WERE REPORTED DURING THESE OPERATIONS. THE DESIGNATED PILOT EXAMINER ABOARD ALSO NOTED NO ISSUES.

THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED MODESTO FOR LIVERMORE UNDER VFR. NO ABNORMALITIES WERE OBSERVED DURING THE FLIGHT.

ON FINAL APPROACH TO LIVERMORE, ALL THREE LANDING GEAR INDICATOR LIGHTS WERE GREEN. THE NOSE GEAR WAS VISUALLY CONFIRMED TO BE DOWN USING THE MIRRORS ON THE ENGINE NACELLES. STANDARD LANDING CHECKLIST CALLOUTS WERE MADE AND CONFIRMED HEARD BY ALL ON BOARD.

AFTER TOUCHDOWN AT LIVERMORE JUST PAST THE 1000-FOOT RUNWAY MARKINGS, AND APPROXIMATELY 1000 FEET INTO THE ROLLOUT, THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED NEAR TAXIWAY E. THE AIRCRAFT VEERED LEFT, AND BOTH PROPELLERS CONTACTED THE GROUND. IT CAME TO REST BETWEEN TAXIWAYS E AND G, ABEAM TAXIWAY F.

THE LIVERMORE TOWER OBSERVED THE INCIDENT AND DISPATCHED CRASH FIRE RESCUE. A REPORT WAS MADE OF THREE SOULS ON BOARD AND APPROXIMATELY TWO HOURS OF FUEL. THE OCCUPANTS EVACUATED THE AIRCRAFT AND WERE MET BY EMERGENCY RESPONDERS. A SMELL RESEMBLING SMOKE WAS REPORTED, LATER BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY METAL SCRAPING DURING THE INCIDENT.

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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