# Incident 19970911038669I: Piper PA28RT201T, Santa Maria, CA, September 11, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 11, 1997, 17:00 local time
- Place: Santa Maria, CA
- Airport: Santa Maria Public
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.9331° N, 120.4436° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Santa Maria, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.9331&lon=-120.4436&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2251M, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2251M) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28RT-201T (registry code 7102817, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28rt-201t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-360 series (registry code 17019, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28RT201T
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO360FB
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 285 total, 12 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970911038669I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: COMMERCIAL PILOT DANIEL MEAD WAS CONDUCTING A PLEASURE FLIGHT IN N2251M, A PIPER PA28RT-201T, ON 09-11-97 AT APPROXIMATELY 5 PM (1700 HRS) IN THE VICINITY OF SANTA MARIA, CA. WHILE DOWNWIND FOR LANDING, MR. MEAD SELECTED GEAR DOWN RESULTING IN A NO NOSE GEAR DOWN INDICATION. THE SMX TOWER CONFIRMED A NOSE GEAR PROBLEM. MR. MEADE INITIATED HIS EMERGENCY CHECKLIST AND RETURNED FOR LANDING, AT WHICH TIME THE NOSE GEAR FULLY COLLAPSED. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT OR HIS TWO PASSENGERS. THIS INVESTIGATION IS CLOSED. M OR D FILED.

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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