# Incident 19780513033489I: Piper PA23250, Kansas City, KS, May 13, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 13, 1978, 13:25 local time
- Place: Kansas City, KS
- Airport: Fairfax Municipal
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.1481° N, 94.5997° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Fairfax Municipal Airport, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.1481&lon=-94.5997&mi=10
- Aircraft: N63938, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N63938) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-250 (registry code 7102308, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23250
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,000 total, 100 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780513033489I

## Narrative

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

NOSE GEAR DID NOT EXTEND PROPERLY. HYDRAULIC FLUID WAS DEPLETED DUE TO LEAKING LINE.

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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