19990504021519I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-34-200 · Grand Junction, CO · May 4, 1999

Date: May 4, 1999 · 11:40 local
Place: Grand Junction, CO
Airport: Walker Field
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N4847T
Reported as: Piper PA34200
Reported engine: Continental IO360*
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 7,619 total370 in this make and model23 in the last 90 days

N4847TRegistered now · Piper PA-34-200S/N 34-7250158 · Built 1972 Airframe modelPiper PA-34-200 Engine modelLycoming I0360 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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

Pilot could not lower nose gear. Aircraft landed and sustained damage to fiberglass secion of nose, nose gear door(s), and props. No injuries to instructor pilot or student pilot. Inspection by keven swanson, a local ia/dar, indicated a bolt in the landing gear mechanism may have been binding and caused one of the landing gear rods to not operate properly. privacy data omitted Aircraft is owned by kempton air.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT COULD NOT LOWER NOSE GEAR. AIRCRAFT LANDED AND SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO FIBERGLASS SECION OF NOSE, NOSE GEAR DOOR(S), AND PROPS. NO INJURIES TO INSTRUCTOR PILOT OR STUDENT PILOT. INSPECTION BY KEVEN SWANSON, A LOCAL IA/DAR, INDICATED A BOLT IN THE LANDING GEAR MECHANISM MAY HAVE BEEN BINDING AND CAUSED ONE OF THE LANDING GEAR RODS TO NOT OPERATE PROPERLY. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AIRCRAFT IS OWNED BY KEMPTON AIR.

Other reports on N4847T · 2

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

Incident 19910909044239IForced/Precautionary Landing · Tulsa, OKLeft engine oil pressure drop on climb. Returned. Gritty silicon in oil strainer. Suspect sabotage. Fbi notified.Sep 9, 1991 Incident 19810417028339ILevel Off Touchdown · Monte Vista, COPilot selected gear down but failed to check position. Landed gear up. Found landing gear circuit breaker popped.Apr 17, 1981 · Minor damage