# Incident 19990625036289I: Piper PA44180, Mankato, MN, June 25, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 25, 1999, 17:40 local time
- Place: Mankato, MN
- Airport: Mankato Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.2228° N, 93.9193° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MANKATO RGNL (MKT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.2228&lon=-93.9193&mi=10
- Aircraft: N16AV, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N16AV-2008-11-18) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,200 total, 300 in this make and model, 180 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990625036289I

## Narrative

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

(-23) UPON ARRIVAL AT MANKATO, WHILE ON IFR TRIP FROM ST. PAUL (STP), PILOT ENCOUNTERED UNSAFE NOSE GEAR INDICATION WHEN GEAR EXTENDED DURING VISUAL APPROACH TO MANKATO RUNWAY 33. PILOT CIRCLED AGAIN AND MADE REPEATED ATTEMPTS TO EXTEND GEAR TO NO AVAIL.  NOSE GEAR REMAINED PARTIALLY EXTENDED AND RESULTANT NOSE GEAR UP LANDING WAS CONDUCTED.  DAMAGE WAS LIMITED TO PROPELLERS, NOSE SHELL AND FORWARD AREA OF NOSE GEAR DOORS.

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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