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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-34-200 · Little Rock, AR · August 25, 1987

Date: August 25, 1987 · 12:28 local
Place: Little Rock, AR
Airport: Adams Field
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N15658
Reported as: Piper PA34200
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 2,100 total500 in this make and model50 in the last 90 days

N15658Registration cancelled Jan 31, 2013 · Piper PA-34-200S/N 34-7350083 · Built 1973 Airframe modelPiper PA-34-200 Engine modelLycoming I0360 seriesReciprocating

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 could not be extended for landing. Steering channel for nose gear was cracked at the welds.

As the FAA filed it

NOSE GEAR COULD NOT BE EXTENDED FOR LANDING. STEERING CHANNEL FOR NOSE GEAR WAS CRACKED AT THE WELDS.