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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-31P · Fairbanks, AK · February 5, 1983

Date
February 5, 1983 · 15:45 local
Place
Fairbanks, AK
Airport
International
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N333HD
Reported as
Piper PA31P
Reported engine
Lycoming TIGO541*
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
24,000 total813 in this make and model180 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Nose gear failed to extend. Landed gear up. Found a ruptured hydraulic line to the nose gear actuator.

As the FAA filed it

NOSE GEAR FAILED TO EXTEND. LANDED GEAR UP. FOUND A RUPTURED HYDRAULIC LINE TO THE NOSE GEAR ACTUATOR.