19951119037699I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-23-250 · Tacoma, WA · November 19, 1995

Date: November 19, 1995 · 21:40 local
Place: Tacoma, WA
Airport: Tacoma Naarrows Airport
Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N54001
Reported as: Piper PA23250
People aboard: 3
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 835 total125 in this make and model60 in the last 90 days

N54001Registration cancelled Dec 22, 2014 · Piper PA-23-250S/N 27-7405351 · Built 1974 Airframe modelPiper PA-23-250 Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 seriesTurbo-prop

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What happened

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

Narrative: nose landing gear down and lock light did not illuminate. Cycled gear handle, unsuccessful. Acft landed on nose section of acft. Substantial structural damage to nose section and to propellar blade tips.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: NOSE LANDING GEAR DOWN AND LOCK LIGHT DID NOT ILLUMINATE. CYCLED GEAR HANDLE, UNSUCCESSFUL. ACFT LANDED ON NOSE SECTION OF ACFT. SUBSTANTIAL STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO NOSE SECTION AND TO PROPELLAR BLADE TIPS.

Other reports on N54001 · 2

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

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