# Incident 19991121036519I: Piper PA34200T, Auburn, AL, November 21, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 21, 1999, 15:45 local time
- Place: Auburn, AL
- Airport: Auburn-Opelika G Pitts Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.6099° N, 85.4808° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Auburn, AL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.6099&lon=-85.4808&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8464C (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA34200T
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO360*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 950 total, 35 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/19991121036519I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT STATED ON APPROACH WHEN HE SELECTED GEAR DOWN THE LEFT AND RIGHT MAIN DOWN AND LOCKED LIGHTS ILLUMINATED BUT THE NOSE LIGHT DID NOT ILLUMINATE AND THE INTRANSIT LIGHT STAYED ON.  THE PILOR PERFORMED A LOW APPROACH SO GROUND PERSONNEL COULD LOOK AT THE STATUS OF THE GEAR.  THEY INDICATED TO HIM THAT THE NOSE GEAR WAS PARTIALLY EXTENDED.  THE PILOT CYCLED THE GEAR AND THERE WAS NO CHANGE, HE THEN PERFORMED AN EMERGENCY EXTENSION AND AGAIN THERE WAS NO CHANGE.  THE PILOT THEN PERFORMED VARIOUS MANEUVERS TO TRY TO GET THE GEAR TO COME DOWN, AGAIN WITH NO CHANGE.  THE PILOT DID ANOTHER LOW APPROACH FOR GROUND PERSONAL TO LOOK AT THE STATUS OF THE GEAR THEY INDICATED THERE WAS NO CHANGE.  AT THIS TIME THE PILOT ELECTED TO LAND THE AIRCRAFT.  JUST PRIOR TO TOUCH DOWN, THE PILOT FEATHERED BOTH ENGINES TO PRECLUDE PROPELLER AND ENGINE DAMAGED.  AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST ON THE RUNWAY CENTER LINE WITH NO INJURY TO THE PILOT WHO WAS THE SOLE OCCUPANT.

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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