# Incident 19970818027569I: Piper PA32R301T, Springfield, MO, August 18, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 18, 1997, 09:00 local time
- Place: Springfield, MO
- Airport: Springfield Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.2153° N, 93.2982° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Springfield, MO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.2153&lon=-93.2982&mi=10
- Aircraft: N84KA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N84KA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32R-301T (registry code 7103220, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32r-301t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32R301T
- Reported engine: LYC TIO540S1AD
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,034 total, 785 in this make and model, 56 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970818027569I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: 1.	ON 08/18/97 AT 1330Z TIME, A PIPER PA-32R-301T AIRCRAFT (N84KA) DEPARTED SPRINGFIELD-BRANSON REGIONAL (SGF) AIRPORT, MISSOURI EN ROUTE TO WEST HOUSTON (IWS) AIRPORT, TEXAS. ON TAKE-OFF FROM RUNWAY 2 AT SGF, THE PILOT, LOUIS LAWRENZ, NOTED AN UNSAFE GEAR LIGHT INDICATION ON CLIMB. MR. LAWRENZ PROCEEDED TO NOTIFY SGF TOWER OF THE SITUATION AND CONDUCTED A FLY-BY THE TOWER TO VERIFY (THAT AFTER PERFORMING THE EMERGENCY PROCEDURES) THE LANDING GEAR WAS DOWN. THE TOWER STATED THAT ALL GEAR APPEARED TO BE DOWN. 2.	LANDING ON RUNWAY 2 THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED. THE PILOT LANDED THE AIRCRAFT WITHOUT CAUSING INJURY TO HIMSELF OR HIS SOLE PASSENGER AND WITH MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. 3.	ON EXAMINATION, MECHANIC DAVID WILL, OF AVIATION ENTERPRISES, DISCOVERED THAT LANDING GEAR PUMP HAD FAILED. AIRCRAFT RECORDS REVEALED THAT AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVE 93-05-10 FOR THE NOSE GEAR WAS NOT APPLICABLE DUE TO THE INSTALLATION OF KIT PART NUMBER 766-252. THE LANDING GEAR OVER RIDE LEVER WAS SET TO REMOVE THE SAFETY SYSTEM OUT OF THE CIRCUIT. 4.	THIS INCIDENT INVESTIGATION WAS COORDINATED WITH GENERAL AVIATION OPERATIONS. A MALFUNCTION OR DEFECT REPORT (FAA FORM 8010-4) HAS BEEN SUBMITTED. 5.	THIS INCIDENT NUMBER CE97-IGA0101 IS CLOSED.

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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