# Incident 19940709036089I: Piper PA46310P, South Bend, IN, July 9, 1994

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 9, 1994, 11:00 local time
- Place: South Bend, IN
- Airport: Michiana Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.6834° N, 86.2500° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of South Bend, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6834&lon=-86.2500&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4378S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4378S-2018-02-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-46-310P (registry code 7104605, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-46-310p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA46310P
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520BE
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,470 total, 575 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940709036089I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON JULY 9, 1994, WHILE APPROACHING THE BENTON HARBOR, MICHIGAN AIRPORT (BEH), THE PILOT SELECTED THE LANDING GEAR DOWN POSITION. THE LANDING GEAR LIGHT INDICATED THAT THE NOSE LANDING GEAR WAS NOT IN THE DOWN AND LOCKED POSITION. STANDARD EMERGENCY PROCEDURES TO LOWER THE LANDING GEAR FAILED SO THE PILOT FLEW TO SOUTH BEND, INDIANA FOR EMERGENCY PROCEDURE ADVISE. A PIPER PILOT SUGGESTED BOUNCING THE AIRCRAFT ON THE MAIN LANDING GEAR. AFTER THE SECOND HARD BOUNCE ON THE MAIN LANDING GEAR, THE NOSE GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED. THE PROPELLER WAS DAMAGED ON THE SECOND HARD BOUNCE. THE LOWER "O" RING PART NUMBER 752 636 IN THE GAR-KENYON HYDRAULIC PUMP ASSEMBLY WAS PINCHED AND ALLOWED HYDRAULIC FLUID TO LEAK OUT CAUSING A LACK OF FLUID FOR PROPER LANDING GEAR OPERATION.

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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