# Incident 20000117001279I: Piper PA32R301, Utica, MI, January 17, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 17, 2000, 15:20 local time
- Place: Utica, MI
- Airport: Berz-Macomb Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.6639° N, 82.9654° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Berz-Macomb Airport, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.6639&lon=-82.9654&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8024A, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8024A) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32R-301 (registry code 7103218, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32r-301) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32R301
- Reported engine: LYC IO540K1G5
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 676 total, 564 in this make and model, 39 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000117001279I

## Narrative

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

(-23) WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LAND AT TULIP CITY (MI) AIRPORT (BIV), NOSE GEAR WOULD NOT EXTEND AND NOSE INDICATION WOULD NOT SHOW GREEN LIGHT.  PILOT RETURNED TO ORIGINATING AIRPORT BERZ-MACOMB (MI) (UIZ) TO LAND WITH NOSE GEAR UP LANDING.  INVESTIGATION REVEALED THE ALTERNATE AIR CABLE TY-WRAP WAS BROKE, WHICH ALLOWED ALTERNATE AIR CABLE TO BECOME ENTANGLED WITH THE NOSE GEAR LOWER DRAG LINK AND BOLT.

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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