# Incident 19990601018119I: Piper PA44180, Denver, CO, June 1, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 1, 1999, 20:20 local time
- Place: Denver, CO
- Airport: Centennial Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.5701° N, 104.8493° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CENTENNIAL (APA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.5701&lon=-104.8493&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2092K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2092K-2018-02-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-44-180 (registry code 7104402, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-44-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA44180
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 970 total, 65 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/19990601018119I

## Narrative

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

(-5)NOSE GEAR WOULD NOT FULLY EXTEND DURING LANDING. RAISED AND LOWERED GEAR NUMEROUS TIMES, THE NOSE GEAR WOULD ONLY COME HALF WAY DOWN.  PILOT LANDED AIRCRAFT WITH THE NOSE GEAR HALF EXTENDED.  THE PROPELLER AND ENGINE COWLING WAS DAMAGED ON LANDING.  JULY 20, 1999 - THE AIRCRAFT NOSE GEAR DOORS WERE REPLACED AND THE AIRCRAFT LANDING GEAR WAS CYCLED NUMEROUS TIMES WITHOUT FAILURE.               MECHANIC SUSPECTS THE OLD NOSE GEAR DOORS WERE WORN AND POSSIBLY STUCK WHEN THE GEAR WAS LOWERED THE NOSE GEAR WAS RESTRICTED BY THE NOSE GEAR DOORS.

## Other reports on N2092K (1)

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

- [Incident 20130813020539I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130813020539I), Aug 13, 2013: Piper PA-44-180 (N2092K), Lufkin, TX, Substantial damage. Nose landing gear collapsed during taxi turn after landing on rwy 07 in preparation for takeoff on rwy 25. Both propellers striking the tarmac. The NLG folded…

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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