# Incident 19970830028859I: Piper PA34200T, Falmouth, MA, August 30, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 30, 1997, 00:15 local time
- Place: Falmouth, MA
- Airport: Otis Angb Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: B8LA
- Location: 41.5512° N, 70.6087° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Falmouth, MA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5512&lon=-70.6087&mi=10
- Aircraft: N75226, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N75226-2018-07-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-200T (registry code 7103406, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-360 series (registry code 17019, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA34200T
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO360E
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,540 total, 25 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970830028859I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: N75226 A PA-34-200T BEING OPERATED BY BLOCK ISLAND AIRLINES, A FAR PART 135 OPERATOR, WAS ENROUTE FROM BLOCK ISLAND, RI (BID) TO MARTHA'S VINEYARD, MA (MVY). WHEN THE PILOT SELECTED GEAR DOWN HE RECEIVED AN UNSAFE NOSE GEAR INDICATION. BOSTON ARTCC SUGGESTED HE LAND AT OTIS ANGB(FMH) DUE TO A MANNED CONTROL TOWER AND CRASH, FIRE, RESCUE. PILOT MADE TWO LOW PASSES BY OTIS TOWER WHO CONFIRMED THAT THE NOSE GEAR WAS NOT DOWN, AND THE MAIN GEAR APPEARED TO BE DOWN AND LOCKED. THE AIRCRAFT SUBSEQUENTLY LANDED WITH THE NOSE GEAR RETRACTED AND SLID DOWN THE RUNWAY ABOUT 1400 FEET BEFORE COMING TO A STOP JUST OFF THE PAVED RUNWAY EDGE. THE PILOT AND PASSENGER SAFELY EGRESSED THE AIRCRAFT.

## Other reports on N75226 (1)

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

- [Incident 20120904018199I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120904018199I), Sep 4, 2012: Piper PA-34-200T (N75226), Big Spring, TX, Minor damage. On landing at Big Spring, TX (bpg) the pilot encountered a hard landing which put excessive stress on the nose gear resulting in the partial collapse of the…

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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