# Incident 19980921038389I: Piper PA42, Youngstown, OH, September 21, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 21, 1998, 18:50 local time
- Place: Youngstown, OH
- Airport: Youngstown Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.0998° N, 80.6495° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Youngstown, OH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.0998&lon=-80.6495&mi=10
- Aircraft: N242RA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N242RA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-42 (registry code 7104202, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-42) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA42
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,200 total, 600 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980921038389I

## Narrative

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

(-5) LANDING GEAR WOULD NOT EXTEND WITH NORMAL SYSTEM FOR LANDING. PILOT WAS ABLE TO EXTEND MAIN GEAR WITH EMERGENCY SYSTEM BUT NOSE GEAR WOULD NOT EXTEND. THE PILOT LANDED WITH THE NOSE GEAR RETRACTED CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT AND ONE PROP. INVESTIGATION REVEALED A RUPTURED HYDRALIC LINE IN THE LEFT WHEEL WELL CAUSED THE NORMAL GEAR EXTENSION FAILURE DURING TRANSIT. A CORODED CANNON PLUG CAUSED THE FAILURE OF THE EMERGENCY EXTENSION SYSTEM. (SQUIB WOULD NOT FIRE)

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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