# Incident 19990510014199I: Piper PA23160, Tucson, AZ, May 10, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 10, 1999, 14:40 local time
- Place: Tucson, AZ
- Airport: Tucson International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.1171° N, 110.9415° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TUCSON INTL (TUS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.1171&lon=-110.9415&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2104P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2104P-2012-11-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-150 (registry code 7102303, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-150) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23160
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,500 total, 100 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990510014199I

## Narrative

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

ON APPROACH TO LANDING AT TUS (MODIFIED RIGHT BASE FOR RUNWAY 21) I POSITIONED THE GEAR SELECTOR IN THE DOWN POSITION. AFTER SEVERAL SECONDS I SLOWED THE AIRCRAFT MORE AND SELECTED FLAPS AND NOTICED NO MOVEMENT. THE RIGHT SEAT PILOT INFORMED ME OF NO GEAR MOVEMENT THEN. I COMMUNICATED WITH TUS TOWER OF THE SITUATION AND FLEW AN ELONGATED BASE AS THE SECOND PILOT TROUBLE SHOT THE GEAR SYSTEM. AFTER WE RECEIVED COCKPIT INDICATION OF THE LANDING GEAR IN THE DOWN POSITION WE ASKED FOR AND RECEIVED CONFIRMATION OF THE LANDING GEAR IN THE DOWN POSITION FROM THE TOWER ON SHORT FINAL AND ELECTED TO LAND. UPON ROLL-OUT THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED. AFTER THE EMERGENCY CREW ARRIEVED WE TRIED TO RIGHT THE AIRCRAFT TO ROLL IT OFF THE RUNWAY AND THE LEFT MAIN COLLAPSED.

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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