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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-32R-301T · Rockford, IL · August 25, 1995

Date
August 25, 1995 · 23:45 local
Place
Rockford, IL
Airport
Greater Rockford
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N101TK
Reported as
Piper PA32R301T
Reported engine
Lycoming TIO540S1AD
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
325 total

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.

Narrative: nose landing gear would not lower when selected. Aircraft made emergency landing gears up. Minor damage, no injuries, no fire. Further investigation revealed low hydraulic fluid in landing gear hydraulic pump. System reservoir was low on fluid. A leaking hydraulic line in front of the forward spar was leaking hyd. Fluid.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: NOSE LANDING GEAR WOULD NOT LOWER WHEN SELECTED. AIRCRAFT MADE EMERGENCY LANDING GEARS UP. MINOR DAMAGE, NO INJURIES, NO FIRE. FURTHER INVESTIGATION REVEALED LOW HYDRAULIC FLUID IN LANDING GEAR HYDRAULIC PUMP. SYSTEM RESERVOIR WAS LOW ON FLUID. A LEAKING HYDRAULIC LINE IN FRONT OF THE FORWARD SPAR WAS LEAKING HYD. FLUID.