# Incident 19990416019889I: Piper PA31325, Knoxville, TN, April 16, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 16, 1999, 15:00 local time
- Place: Knoxville, TN
- Airport: Mc Ghee Tyson
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.8111° N, 83.9941° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MC GHEE TYSON (TYS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.8111&lon=-83.9941&mi=10
- Aircraft: N325TA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N325TA-2016-10-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31-325 (registry code 7103105, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31-325) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31325
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,000 total, 2,500 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990416019889I

## Narrative

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

WHILE APPROACHING TO LAND, PILOT EXTENDED THE LANDING GEAR, AND DID NOT GET A SAFE INDICATION. HE BELIEVED THIS WAS DUE TO A RECURRING INDICATING SYSTEM PROBLEM AND CONTINUED THE APPROACH.  THE AIRCRAFT SETTLED LOWER THAN NORMAL AND HE INITIATED A GO-AROUND.  THE LANDING GEAR WAS EXTENDED USING THE EMERGENCY SYSTEM AND A NORMAL LANDING COMPLETED.  NOSE GEAR ACTUATING CYLINDER LEAKING INTERNALLY.

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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