# Incident 19940312008319I: Piper PA60602P, Windsor Locks, CT, March 12, 1994

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 12, 1994, 15:59 local time
- Place: Windsor Locks, CT
- Airport: Bradley International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.9390° N, 72.6843° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BRADLEY INTL (BDL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9390&lon=-72.6843&mi=10
- Aircraft: N369CC (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA60602P
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940312008319I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

NARRATIVE: THE CORPORATE OWNED AND OPERATED AIRCRAFT DEPARTED BDL TO CONDUCT LOCAL TRAINING WITH COMPANY PILOT AND HIRED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR. DURING AIRWORK PILOT LOWERED GEAR TO CONDUCT AN APPROACH TO LANDING STALL. NOSE GEAR DOWN LIGHT DID NOT INDICATE DOWN & LOCKED. PILOT NOTED NO HYDRAULIC PRESSURE AND RETURNED TO BDL FOR FLY-BY. BOTH PILOT AND CONTROLLER NOTED NOSE GEAR IN DOWN POSITION. PILOT LANDED AND LOWERED NOSE SLOWLY. NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED, ONLY MINOR DAMAGE TO FUSELAGE IN AREA OF NOSE GEAR. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE NOSE GEAR DOWN LOCK FAILED TO ENGAGE WHEN THE SNAP RING RETAINER IN THE LOWER DRAG LINK FAILED. THE SNAP GEAR DRAG BRACE TO DISPLACE UNDER HYDRAULIC PRESSURE AND JAM THE OVER-CENTER LATCHING MECHANISM. THIS ALSO RESULTED IN A COMPLETE LOSS OF HYDRAULIC PRESSURE DUE TO FLUID LOSS. BOTH ALTERNATORS WENT OFF LINE WHEN THE ELECTRIC AUXILIARY HYDRAULIC PUMP CURRENT LIMITER WAS BLOWN, PROBABLY THE RESULT OF OVERHEATING DUE TO FLUID LOSS. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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