# Incident 19980216002939I: Piper PA32RT300, New Bedford, MA, February 16, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 16, 1998, 15:47 local time
- Place: New Bedford, MA
- Airport: New Bedford Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.6766° N, 70.9578° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NEW BEDFORD RGNL (EWB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6766&lon=-70.9578&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3994M, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3994M) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32RT-300 (registry code 7103215, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32rt-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32RT300
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,343 total, 1,106 in this make and model, 126 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980216002939I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: UPON SETTING UP FOR RT BASE 2 MI FINAL GEAR WAS EXTENDED, AND NOSE GEAR DID NOT INDICATE DOWN & LOCKED. CYCLED GEAR SEVERAL TIMES. EMERGENCY CHECK LIST WAS FOLLOWED INCLUDING YAWING -/+ G SNAP ETC. NOTIFIED TOWER & PERFORMED A FLY BY. IT WAS REPORTED THE NOSE GEAR WAS 3/4 DOWN. PAX MOVED TO AFT SEAT. PILOT PERFORMED A LOW FLY BY ON FORMER GRASS STRIP. CAME AROUND AND LANDED ON GRASS STRIP EXPECTING N.G. TO COLLAPSE. NOSE GEAR DID COLLAPSE, MINOR DAMAGE TO A/C. NO INJURIES.

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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