# Incident 19781027027489I: Piper PA34200, Anchorage, AK, October 27, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 27, 1978, 19:40 local time
- Place: Anchorage, AK
- Airport: International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 61.2181° N, 149.9003° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Anchorage, AK, within about 23 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.2181&lon=-149.9003&mi=10
- Aircraft: N408DL, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N408DL) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-200T (registry code 7103406, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA34200
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,550 total, 30 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/19781027027489I

## Narrative

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

NOSE GEAR COULD NOT BE EXTENDED DUE TO A WORN CYLINDER WHICH ALLOWED FLUID TO PASS OVERBOARD.

## Other reports on N408DL (1)

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

- [Incident 19860522025639I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860522025639I), May 22, 1986: Piper PA34200T (N408DL), Henderson, NV, Minor damage. Nose gear could not be extended for landing. Nosed down on rollout. Cause not reported.

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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