19841010069849I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA32R301T · Cheyenne, WY · October 10, 1984

Date
October 10, 1984 · 20:00 local
Place
Cheyenne, WY
Airport
Municipal
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N7997X
Reported as
Piper PA32R301T
Reported engine
Lycoming TIO540S1AD
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
5,000 total400 in this make and model175 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 would not extend fully and lock. Gear door went past door stop. Possible damage from bird strike.

As the FAA filed it

NOSE GEAR WOULD NOT EXTEND FULLY AND LOCK. GEAR DOOR WENT PAST DOOR STOP. POSSIBLE DAMAGE FROM BIRD STRIKE.