# Incident 19960601021129I: Piper PA31350, Columbus, OH, June 1, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 1, 1996, 08:00 local time
- Place: Columbus, OH
- Airport: Port Columbus International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.9612° N, 82.9988° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Columbus, OH, within about 8 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.9612&lon=-82.9988&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3581C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3581C-2006-06-23) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,400 total, 548 in this make and model, 240 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960601021129I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: THE PILOT REPORTED THAT DURING AN APPROACH TO OSU (COLUMBUS, OHIO) THE LANDING GEAR WAS LOWERED AND THERE WAS NO GREEN LIGHTS. THE APPROACH WAS ABORTED AND EMERGENCY EXTENSION PROCEDURES RESULTED IN THE MAIN LANDING GEAR EXTENSION AND THE NOSE GEAR IN A TRAIL POSITION. A LANDING WAS MADE AT CMH AND THE NOSE GEAR FOLDED ON LANDING. DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT WAS LIMITED TO BOTH PROPELLERS THAT WERE BOTH FEATHERED PRIOR TO LANDING, RADOME AND BOTH NOSE GEAR LANDING DOORS. MAINTENANCE FOUND EVIDENCE OF THE LOSS OF HYDRAULIC FLUID IN THE RIGHT WHEEL WELL AREA. THE AIRCRAFT IS BEING FLOWN BACK TO THE HOME BASE WITH THE LANDING GEAR BRACED DOWN. A M OR D WILL BE FORTHCOMING.

## Other reports on N3581C (2)

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

- [Accident 20060201000889A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060201000889A), Feb 1, 2006: Piper PA31350 (N3581C), Burlington, NC, Substantial damage. (-23) Pilot landed short of runway. Main gear hit front edge of runway causing substantial damage to aircraft.
- [Incident 19941207045519I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19941207045519I), Dec 7, 1994: Piper PA31350 (N3581C), Morristown, NJ, Minor damage. Struck two deer on takeoff roll. Aborted. Returned to ramp.

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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