# Incident 19960119002819I: Piper PA31350, Bangor, ME, January 19, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 19, 1996, 22:03 local time
- Place: Bangor, ME
- Airport: Bangor International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: BRDA
- Location: 44.8074° N, 68.8281° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BANGOR INTL (BGR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.8074&lon=-68.8281&mi=10
- Aircraft: N628HA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N628HA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31-350 (registry code 7103110, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31-350) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31350
- Reported engine: LYC TIO540*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,360 total, 130 in this make and model, 130 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960119002819I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: PILOT'S STATEMENT - AT APPROX. 2030 HRS. I JOINED THE LOCALIZER FOR RWY 15 IN BGR. TURBULENCE WAS MODERATE, OCCASIONALLY SEVERE. I PUT THE GEAR SELECTOR IN THE DOWN POSITION INSIDE THE OUTER MARKER AND HEARD A "SNAP" SOUND IN THE NOSE SECTION. THE GREEN INDICATOR LIGHT DID NOT COME ON FOR THE NOSE, SO I WENT MISSED APPROACH. AFTER A SECOND APPROACH PRODUCED THE SAME RESULTS I CLIMBED TO 5,000' AND SMOOTHER AIR AND ATTEMPTED TO GET THE NOSE GEAR DOWN BY HYDRAULIC HAND PUMP, KICKING THE RUDDERS, AND POSITIVE G'S. I FLEW AROUND FOR ABOUT 1 HOUR WITH MY PASSENGER HELPING ME, BUT TO NO AVAIL. WE CAME BACK FOR A LANDING WITH LOW FUEL AND MADE A NOSE GEAR UP LANDING. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. FURTHER INVESTIGATION ON SITE, FOUND THE NLG HYDRAULIC ACTUATOR ROD END ATTACH BOLT AND ASSOCIATED HARDWARE TO DRAG BRACE WAS MISSING. THIS CONDITION WAS OBSERVED BY CITY OF BANGOR MAINTENANCE SUPERVISOR TIM HERSEY WHO SUPERVISED THE REMOVAL OF THE AIRCRAFT FROM RWY 15 TO DOCK 11 STORAGE HANGAR. UNABLE TO LOCATE BOLT AND ITS HARDWARE. NO APPARENT DAMAGE TO ROD END OR CASTING ON DRAG BRACE. AN INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT FOUND THE FOLLOWING DAMAGE RESULTING FROM THIS INCIDENT: 1) BOTH PROPS HAD ALL BLADES CURVED AT TIPS APPROX. 15" AFT. (3 BLADED PROPS.). 2) BOTH PITOT TUBES GROUND DOWN OVER 50% OF MASTS. 3) NOSE SECTION OF FUSELAGE WORN DOWN OVER AN 8"W BY 16"L AREA WITH A SMALL SECTION WORN THROUGH. 4) BLADE ANTENNA FWD OF PITOT TUBES GROUND DOWN TO BASE. 5) BOTH NLG DOORS GROUND DOWN.

## Other reports on N628HA (2)

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

- [Incident 20000306023079I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000306023079I), Mar 6, 2000: Piper PA31350 (N628HA), Adrian, MI, Minor damage. (-23)After elveling the acft @ 3000 ft following a t/o, pilot noticed that the landing gear selector was not in the correct position following the landing gear…
- [Incident 19820330041279I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820330041279I), Mar 30, 1982: Piper PA31350 (N628HA), Brooklyn, NY, Minor damage. Seagull struck right wing flyng over verrazano bridge at 1000 feet.

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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