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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-24-250 · Rapid City, SD · March 10, 1984

Date: March 10, 1984 · 12:02 local
Place: Rapid City, SD
Airport: Regional
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N7953P
Reported as: Piper PA24250
Reported engine: Lycoming O540A1A5
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 360 total60 in this make and model7 in the last 90 days

N7953PRegistered now · Piper PA-24-250S/N 24-3190 Airframe modelPiper PA-24-250 Engine modelLycoming 0-540 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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Unable to lower nose gear. Landed with nose gear up. Nose gear shimmy damper had been installed backwards.

As the FAA filed it

UNABLE TO LOWER NOSE GEAR. LANDED WITH NOSE GEAR UP. NOSE GEAR SHIMMY DAMPER HAD BEEN INSTALLED BACKWARDS.

Other reports on N7953P · 2

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

Incident 20020506010599IRoll-Out (Fixed Wing) · Rome, GA(-23) Upon landing at Rome, GA (rmg) the right main landing gear push/pull rod failed and pulled the gear motor away from the bulkhead attach point causing the right main gear to collapse. The propeller struck the runway, causing damage to the prop. M or d…May 6, 2002 · Minor damage Accident 19800322007859ALevel Off Touchdown · Lake Wales, FLPilot landed gear up. Retracted gear on final instead of lowering gear.Mar 22, 1980 · Substantial damage