# Incident 19980614030709I: Piper PA28R180, Destin, FL, June 14, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 14, 1998, 19:00 local time
- Place: Destin, FL
- Airport: Destin-Fort Walton Beach Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.4813° N, 86.5158° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Destin-Fort Walton Beach Airport (VPS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.4813&lon=-86.5158&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3905T, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3905T) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-180 (registry code 7102809, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R180
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 495 total, 395 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980614030709I

## Narrative

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

PILOT ATTEMPTED TO LOWER GEAR FOR LANDING AND THE NOSE GEAR FAILED TO EXTEND. NUMEROUS ATTEMPTS WERE MADE TO EXTEND NOSE GEAR, ALL NEGATIVE. PILOT STATED FUEL WAS A CONSIDERATION AND BASED ON HIS ANAYLSIS, AND THE NUMEROUS ATTEMPTS TO LOWER THE NOSE GEAR, HE DECIDED TO LAND NOSE GEAR UP, MAINS DOWN. THE LANDING WAS UNEVENTFUL AND THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE TO PROPELLER, GEAR DOOR, FIBERGLASS AND EXHAUST STACK. THE DEFECT APPEARED TO BE FAULTY GEAR TENSION SPRINGS AND ARM ASSEMBLY WHICH ATTACHES TO THE STRUT HOUSING. FURTHER INVESTIGATION REVEALED CORROSSSION ON NOSE LANDING GEAR SPRING ARM ASSEMBLY ATTACH BOLT AND BUSHING. THIS CORROSION PREVENTED NORMAL OPERATION OF NOSE GEAR ASSEMBLY.

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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