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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28R-201 · Paris, IL · February 6, 1998

Date: February 6, 1998 · 08:45 local
Place: Paris, IL
Airport: Edgar County Airport
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N105CC
Reported as: Piper PA28R201
Reported engine: Lycoming IO360C1C6
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 690 total80 in this make and model30 in the last 90 days

N105CCRegistration cancelled Jan 5, 2000 · Piper PA-28R-201S/N 28R-7737050 Airframe modelPiper PA-28R-201

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What happened

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

Narrative: while on the approach to runway 9 at the Paris, Illinois airport, the pilot operating N105CC, a Piper PA-28, reportedly extended the landing gear and received the three down and locked indication as referenced by the green light indication. At touchdown, the pilot noted that the gear unsafe light was flickering. The touchdown was normal in that the main landing gear under the wings settled onto the pavement first followed by the nose section of the aircraft. The pilot heard the propeller striking the pavement and then the aircraft settled onto its nose wheel compartment indicating that the nose gear was not supporting the aircraft. The propeller was damaged and the engine stopped during the event. The aircraft came to rest approximately 2000 feet from the end of the runway with the right main landing gear on the grass bordering the runway. Only the pilot was onboard the aircraft at the time of the incident and sustained no injuries. This incident is closed with this report.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: WHILE ON THE APPROACH TO RUNWAY 9 AT THE PARIS, ILLINOIS AIRPORT, THE PILOT OPERATING N105CC, A PIPER PA-28, REPORTEDLY EXTENDED THE LANDING GEAR AND RECEIVED THE THREE DOWN AND LOCKED INDICATION AS REFERENCED BY THE GREEN LIGHT INDICATION. AT TOUCHDOWN, THE PILOT NOTED THAT THE GEAR UNSAFE LIGHT WAS FLICKERING. THE TOUCHDOWN WAS NORMAL IN THAT THE MAIN LANDING GEAR UNDER THE WINGS SETTLED ONTO THE PAVEMENT FIRST FOLLOWED BY THE NOSE SECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT HEARD THE PROPELLER STRIKING THE PAVEMENT AND THEN THE AIRCRAFT SETTLED ONTO ITS NOSE WHEEL COMPARTMENT INDICATING THAT THE NOSE GEAR WAS NOT SUPPORTING THE AIRCRAFT. THE PROPELLER WAS DAMAGED AND THE ENGINE STOPPED DURING THE EVENT. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST APPROXIMATELY 2000 FEET FROM THE END OF THE RUNWAY WITH THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR ON THE GRASS BORDERING THE RUNWAY. ONLY THE PILOT WAS ONBOARD THE AIRCRAFT AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT AND SUSTAINED NO INJURIES. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED WITH THIS REPORT.