# Incident 19960531017759I: Piper PA32R301, Arlington, TN, May 31, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 31, 1996
- Place: Arlington, TN
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.2525° N, 89.6611° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Arlington, TN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.2525&lon=-89.6611&mi=10
- Aircraft: N83396, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N83396-2000-07-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32R-301 (registry code 7103218, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32r-301) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32R301
- Reported engine: LYC IO540*
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 895 total, 795 in this make and model, 44 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960531017759I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: AFTER T/O LANDING GEAR FAILED TO RETRACT. LIGHT STAYED ON. SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO LOWER GEAR FAILED (NOSE) MAIN OK. BUT NOSE GEAR PARTIALLY EXTENDED AND WOULDN'T LOCK. PROCEEDED TO LAND AND NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED AFTER ENGINE SHUT DOWN CAUSING DAMAGE TO PROP, ENGINE COWL AND EXHAUST. NO INJURIES.

## Other reports on N83396 (2)

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

- [Accident 19981114039919A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981114039919A), Nov 14, 1998: Piper PA32R301 (N83396), Olive Branch, MS, Destroyed, 2 fatal. (.19)On November 14, 1998, about 2054, central standard time, a Piper PA-32R-301, N83396, registered to a private individual, collided with trees about 1.5…
- [Incident 19910319012359I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910319012359I), Mar 19, 1991: Piper PA32R301 (N83396), Pontiac, MI, Minor damage. In flight electrical system failure. Nose collapsed on rollout. Alternator belt pulley had failed.

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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