19871125077499I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-34-200 · Wichita, KS · November 25, 1987

Date
November 25, 1987 · 16:30 local
Place
Wichita, KS
Airport
Colonel James Jabara Airport
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N1496T
Reported as
Piper PA34200
Reported engine
Lycoming IO360C1E6
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
270 total10 in this make and model40 in the last 90 days

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What happened

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

Landed with nose gear retracted. Found bolt that holds nose gear centering spring to gear trunnion installed wrong.

As the FAA filed it

LANDED WITH NOSE GEAR RETRACTED. FOUND BOLT THAT HOLDS NOSE GEAR CENTERING SPRING TO GEAR TRUNNION INSTALLED WRONG.

Other reports on N1496T · 1

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