19901018054029I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-32R-300 · Kansas City, MO · October 18, 1990

Date: October 18, 1990 · 00:26 local
Place: Kansas City, MO
Airport: Kansas City Downtown Airport
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator: AKKA
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N1UG
Reported as: Piper PA32R300
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 2,268 total300 in this make and model423 in the last 90 days

N1UGRegistered now · Piper PA-32R-300S/N 32R-7780308 Airframe modelPiper PA-32R-300 Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 seriesTurbo-prop

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 nose gear down. Nose gear collapsed on landing. Gear strut had been damaged during ground handling.

As the FAA filed it

UNABLE TO LOCK NOSE GEAR DOWN. NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED ON LANDING. GEAR STRUT HAD BEEN DAMAGED DURING GROUND HANDLING.