# Incident 19960511010259I: Piper PA23250, Roanoke, VA, May 11, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 11, 1996, 09:40 local time
- Place: Roanoke, VA
- Airport: Roanoke Regional/Woodrum Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.2710° N, 79.9414° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Roanoke, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.2710&lon=-79.9414&mi=10
- Aircraft: N68SE, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N68SE) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-250 (registry code 7102308, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23250
- Reported engine: LYC TIO540*
- People aboard: 6
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,150 total, 250 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960511010259I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: NOSE GEAR DID NOT LOCK DOWN, IT COLLAPSED ON LANDING. THE LOWER NOSE, NOSE GEAR DOORS, AND BOTH PROPELLERS WERE DAMAGED. THE PILOT MANAGED TO LOCK MAINS AFTER A LOT OF HAND PUMPING, BUT THE NOSE WOULD NOT LOCK EVEN AFTER USING BLOW-DOWN BOTTLE. TOWER CONFIRMED NOSE GEAR WAS TRAILING. THE AIRCRAFT RECORDS WERE REVIEWED ON 05-17-96. THE AIRCRAFT HAD BEEN PLACED ON JACKS AND THE NOSE GEAR FAILED TO LOCK DOWN THE THIRD TIME OUT OF THREE GEAR CYCLES. NO HYDRAULIC LEAKS OR MECHANICAL FAILURES FOUND AS OF THIS TIME. NOTE: THE ATTEMPT TO LOCK THE GEAR WITH THE BLOW-DOWN BOTTLE FAILED BECAUSE THE HANDLE WAS NOT PULLED HARD ENOUGH TO PUNCTURE THE DISCHARGE DISK. THE BOTTLE NEVER DISCHARGED.

## Other reports on N68SE (1)

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

- [Incident 20071206832289I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20071206832289I), Dec 6, 2007: Piper PA23250 (N68SE), Fort Myers, FL, Minor damage. (-23) On December 6, 2007, at 13:21Z, a Piper PA-23-250, N68SE, registered [privacy data omitted], rolled into a berm at the Page Field Airport, ft. Myers, FL.…

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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