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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-34-200T · Glendale, AZ · July 23, 1997

Date: July 23, 1997 · 14:30 local
Place: Glendale, AZ
Airport: Glendale Municipal Airport
Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N74MP
Reported as: Piper PA34200T
Reported engine: Continental TSIO360EB
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 465 total100 in this make and model130 in the last 90 days

N74MPRegistered now · Piper PA-34-200TS/N 34-7770194 Airframe modelPiper PA-34-200T

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Narrative: the pilot took off from dvi with geu his destination. On base leg to geu RW19, the pilot extended flaps to 15 degrees and lowered the landing gear. Only two (2) green lts. Came on for the main gears. The nose gear green lt did not illuminate. The pilot verified the nose gear position as retracted thru the gear mirror on 4 engine nacelle. This was also confirmed by geu tower personnel. While discussing the problem with the Glendale aviation personnel the pilot actuated the emergency gear release handle without success.. While then attempting to "bump" the nose gear down with the main gears on the runway, the pilot could not add power to prevent the nose of the aircraft from contacting the runway and slid down the runway on the two (2) main gears and nose of the aircraft nose gear still retracted. The props contacted the runway and the aircraft skidded off to the east side of the runway on to the dirt and came to rest tail high. No injuries and no post-crash fire evident.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: THE PILOT TOOK OFF FROM DVI WITH GEU HIS DESTINATION. ON BASE LEG TO GEU RW19, THE PILOT EXTENDED FLAPS TO 15 DEGREES AND LOWERED THE LANDING GEAR. ONLY TWO (2) GREEN LTS. CAME ON FOR THE MAIN GEARS. THE NOSE GEAR GREEN LT DID NOT ILLUMINATE. THE PILOT VERIFIED THE NOSE GEAR POSITION AS RETRACTED THRU THE GEAR MIRROR ON 4 ENGINE NACELLE. THIS WAS ALSO CONFIRMED BY GEU TOWER PERSONNEL. WHILE DISCUSSING THE PROBLEM WITH THE GLENDALE AVIATION PERSONNEL THE PILOT ACTUATED THE EMERGENCY GEAR RELEASE HANDLE WITHOUT SUCCESS.. WHILE THEN ATTEMPTING TO "BUMP" THE NOSE GEAR DOWN WITH THE MAIN GEARS ON THE RUNWAY, THE PILOT COULD NOT ADD POWER TO PREVENT THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT FROM CONTACTING THE RUNWAY AND SLID DOWN THE RUNWAY ON THE TWO (2) MAIN GEARS AND NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT NOSE GEAR STILL RETRACTED. THE PROPS CONTACTED THE RUNWAY AND THE AIRCRAFT SKIDDED OFF TO THE EAST SIDE OF THE RUNWAY ON TO THE DIRT AND CAME TO REST TAIL HIGH. NO INJURIES AND NO POST-CRASH FIRE EVIDENT.