# Incident 19960608024129I: Namer T28C, Waco, TX, June 8, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 8, 1996, 13:50 local time
- Place: Waco, TX
- Airport: Waco Regional Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.6122° N, 97.2303° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WACO RGNL (ACT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.6122&lon=-97.2303&mi=10
- Aircraft: N71546, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N71546-2013-09-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: North American T-28C (registry code 6402507, https://openairdocs.org/model/north-american-t-28c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming R-1820 series (registry code 41570, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-r-1820-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: NAMER T28C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,750 total, 55 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960608024129I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: THIS INCIDENT OCCURRED DURING LANDING AT WACO REGIONAL AIRPORT, (ACT) WACO, TEXAS WHILE THE WACO AIRSHOW WAS IN PROGRESS. THE GEAR DOWN WAS SELECTED AND THE GEAR EXTENSION APPEARED NORMAL TO THE PILOT. THE PILOT STATED THAT ALL GEARS APPEARED DOWN AND LOCKED. SEVERAL EYE WITNESSES STATED THAT THE NOSE GEAR WAS NOT LOCKED IN THE DOWN POSITION. MANY OF THE WITNESSES CALLED FOR THE AIRCRAFT TO GO-AROUND, BUT THIS CALL WAS RECEIVED TOO LATE FOR THE PILOT TO INITIATE THIS ACTION. THE NOSE GEAR LOCKED IN THE DOWN POSITION AFTER THE PROPELLER STRUCK THE RUNWAY SEVEN TIMES. DURING AN INSPECTION OF THE NOSE GEAR ASSEMBLY THE MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL DISCOVERED THAT THE NOSE GEAR PUSH PULL RODS WERE OUT OF ADJUSTMENT. THIS RESULTED IN THE NOSE GEAR NOT BEING ABLE TO FULLY EXTEND. A FAA, FORM 8010-4, MALFUNCTION OR DEFECT REPORT IS PENDING. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED.

## Other reports on N71546 (1)

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

- [Accident 20020221001499A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020221001499A), Feb 21, 2002: Namer T28C (N71546), Fredericksburg, TX, Substantial damage. (.19) On February 21, 2002, at 1524 central standard time, a north American T28C, N71546, sustained substantial damage during a forced landing following a loss…

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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