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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA31325 · Mobile, AL · August 12, 1986

Date
August 12, 1986 · 10:00 local
Place
Mobile, AL
Airport
Bates
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
ORLA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N3586W
Reported as
Piper PA31325
Reported engine
Lycoming TIO540F2BD
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,300 total100 in this make and model250 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.

Unable to lock down trailing nose gear. Landed on main gear. Hydraulic hose on extension side of actuator had split

As the FAA filed it

UNABLE TO LOCK DOWN TRAILING NOSE GEAR. LANDED ON MAIN GEAR. HYDRAULIC HOSE ON EXTENSION SIDE OF ACTUATOR HAD SPLIT