# Incident 19960218010019I: Socata TBM700, Baltimore, MD, February 18, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 18, 1996, 19:20 local time
- Place: Baltimore, MD
- Airport: Martin State Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.3257° N, 76.4138° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MARTIN STATE (MTN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.3257&lon=-76.4138&mi=10
- Aircraft: N700SF (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: SOCATA TBM700
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,220 total, 672 in this make and model, 49 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960218010019I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON APPROACH PILOT ATTEMPTED TO EXTEND LANDING GEAR. THE MAIN GEAR EXTENDED DOWN AND LOCKED WITH TWO GREEN INDICATORS, BUT THE NOSE GEAR DID NOT. HE TRIED TO RECYCLE THE GEAR HANDLE AND THERE WAS NO RESPONSE. PILOT FLEW BY TOWER AND THE TOWER VERIFIED THE NOSE GEAR WAS NOT DOWN AND LOCKED BUT THAT THE GEAR WAS TRAILING ABOUT 30 DEGREES OUT OF THE NOSE GEAR WHEEL WELL. THE PILOT DECIDED TO LAND BECAUSE THE AIRCRAFT WAS LOW ON FUEL. HE LANDED THE AIRCRAFT ON RUNWAY 33 WITH THE NOSE GEAR PARTIALLY EXTENDED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS REMOVED FROM THE RUNWAY AND PLACED ON JACKS. THE LANDING GEAR WAS EXTENDED AND RETRACTED A HALF DOZEN TIMES AND THE ONLY PROBLEM NOTED WAS AN UNFAMILIAR NOISE FROM THE HYD PUMP. THERE WAS ALSO DAMAGE TO TWO OF ITS FOUR PROPELLER BLADES. THE PROBLEM COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED BY MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL. AS A PRECAUTIONARY MEASURE THE HYDRAULIC PUMP WAS REMOVED AND REPLACED BECAUSE OF THE UNFAMILIAR NOISE.

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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