- Date
- June 7, 1988, 13:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place
- Corona, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2710MPiper PA-34-200T
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 24, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880607019089A
- Case key
- 26020
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Company maintenance personnel had replaced the nose landing gear assy and had conducted retraction tests prior to releasing the acft for flt. After takeoff the lndg gear was retracted and the flt was conducted without incident until, upon entering the traffic pattern for landing, the nose gear failed to extend. The instructor pilot elected to land with the main landing gears only extended. The left engine and propeller were secured while on final approach for the landing. The acft touched down on the main landing gears. As the acft slowed during the lndg roll the nose pitched down and the right propeller impacted the ground. The propeller separated from the acft on ground impact and struck the right main landing gear. The right landing gear was severed from the acft and the acft slid to a stop.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2710M
- Reported as
- Piper PA-34-200T
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 347870091
- Airframe hours
- 989
- Engine
- Continental TSI0-360E, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Z-Air Inc.
- Registered owner
- Smollen, James F
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- L66 · Corona, CA
- Airport
- L66 · Corona, runway 25, 3,200 × ft, grass/turf
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 26
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 1,550 total · 35 in this make and model · 1,450 as pilot in command · 250 in the last 90 days · 80 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 210° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 13 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Observed at
- CNO, 5 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N2710M · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.