# Incident 19970206005539I: Piper PA32R300, Birmingham, AL, February 6, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 6, 1997, 18:22 local time
- Place: Birmingham, AL
- Airport: Birmingham Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: DKBA
- Location: 33.5207° N, 86.8025° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Birmingham, AL, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.5207&lon=-86.8025&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8554C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8554C-2013-11-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32R-300 (registry code 7103213, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32r-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32R300
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,023 total, 460 in this make and model, 266 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970206005539I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: PILOT WAS ATTEMPTING TO LAND AT BESSMER, AL (EKY)WHEN THE NOSE GEAR DID NOT EXTEND. SO COMPANY ORDERED HIM TO LAND IN BIRMINGHAM (BHM) WHERE THEIR MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT IS LOCATED. AIRCRAFT LANDED WITH NOSE GEAR UP WITH NO INJURIES. INSPECTION OF THE GEAR WELL INDICATED THAT MAINTENANCE HAD NOT LUBRICATED THE GEAR PROPERLY.

## Other reports on N8554C (1)

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

- [Accident 19981028030749A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981028030749A), Oct 28, 1998: Piper PA32R300 (N8554C), Atlanta, GA, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Acft declared an emergency due to engine problems and attempted to reach teh arpt, the acft struck several cars on highway before crashing into a van and…

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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