# Incident 19970723027539I: Piper PA34200T, Glendale, AZ, July 23, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 23, 1997, 14:30 local time
- Place: Glendale, AZ
- Airport: Glendale Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.5269° N, 112.2951° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GLENDALE RGNL (GEU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.5269&lon=-112.2951&mi=10
- Aircraft: N74MP, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N74MP) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-200T (registry code 7103406, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA34200T
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO360EB
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 465 total, 100 in this make and model, 130 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970723027539I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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