# Incident 20000322023269I: Piper PA32RT300, South Bend, IN, March 22, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 22, 2000, 22:30 local time
- Place: South Bend, IN
- Airport: Michiana Regional
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.6834° N, 86.2500° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of South Bend, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6834&lon=-86.2500&mi=10
- Aircraft: N800TM, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N800TM) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32RT-300 (registry code 7103215, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32rt-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32RT300
- Reported engine: LYC IO540K1G5D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 495 total, 355 in this make and model, 23 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000322023269I

## Narrative

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

(-23)AIRCRAFT DEPART FROMSBN AIRPORT, LANDING GEAR FAILED TO RETRACT. PILOT CIRCLED AROUND TO CONFIRM THE GEAR EXTENSION.  GEAR WAS NOT FULLY EXTENDED.  PILOT EXERCISED THE EMERGENCY PROCEDURE BUT NOSE GEAR WOULD NOT EXTEND FULLY.  PILOT PERFORMED A STALL AND THAT MADE THE NOSE GEAR INTO LOCK POSITION.  THE AIRCRAFT LANDED AT SBN AIRPORT WITHOUT DAMAGE OR INJURY.  PILOT WAS THE ONLY OCCUPANT IN THE AIRCRAFT.  AFTER FURTHER INVESTIGATION, A BAD "O" RING WAS FOUND IN THE NOSE GEAR ACTUATOR.

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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