# Incident 19970630026459I: Piper PA23250, Sarasota-Brand, FL, June 30, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 30, 1997, 08:00 local time
- Place: Sarasota-Brand, FL
- Airport: Sarasota-Brandenton Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.3383° N, 82.5437° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sarasota, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.3383&lon=-82.5437&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5787Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5787Y) (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
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 720 total, 25 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970630026459I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: THE AIRCRAFT LANDED GEAR UP (NOSEGEAR ONLY) AFTER THE PILOT EXHAUSTED ALL EMERGENCY PROCEDURES. UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION IT WAS FOUND THAT THE AXLE NUT AND THE AXLE PLUG WERE MISSING. THE NOSE GEAR GOT HUNG UP ON THE AIRCRAFT STRUCTURE PREVENTING NOSE GEAR EXTENSION.

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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