# Incident 20000326002279I: Piper PA32RT300T, Franklin, NC, March 26, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 26, 2000, 13:30 local time
- Place: Franklin, NC
- Airport: Macon County Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.2223° N, 83.4200° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MACON COUNTY (1A5), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.2223&lon=-83.4200&mi=10
- Aircraft: N21423, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N21423-2011-08-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32RT-300T (registry code 7103216, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32rt-300t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32RT300T
- Reported engine: LYC TIO540*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,019 total, 408 in this make and model, 44 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000326002279I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT DEPARTED NEIL ARMSTRONG AIRPORT, OH (AXV) VFR TO MACON COUNTY AIRPORT, NC(1A5).  PILOT STATED HE HAD PREVIOUS PROBLEM EXTENDING GEAR AND HAD MECHANIC CHECK GEAR.  MECHANIC TOLD PILOT TO KEEP GEAR DOWN ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^            PILOT INADVERTENTLY RAISED GEAR AND COULD NOT EXTEND IT UPON HIS ARRIVAL AT FRANKLIN.  DURING FINAL APPROACH, PILOT SHUT OFF ELECTRICAL MASTER SWITCH, AND GEAR BEGAN EXTENDING.  RM GEAR EXTENDED, BUT LM GEAR AND NOSE GEAR DID NOT LOCK DOWN PRIOR TO TOUCH DOWN.  MINOR DAMAGE TO BELLY, NOSE COWL, LEFT WING TIP, LEFT WING LE DUE TO CONTACT TO RUNWAY LIGHT, AND LM GEAR DOOR.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

## Other reports on N21423 (2)

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

- [Accident 20070409005709A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070409005709A), Apr 9, 2007: Piper PA32RT300T (N21423), Andrews, NC, Destroyed, 2 fatal. (-23) The pilot[privacy data omitted] was making an approach to rwy 8 at Andrews Murphy airport, andrew, north carolina for landing. It appears he overshot the…
- [Incident 20030523014729I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030523014729I), May 23, 2003: Piper PA32RT300T (N21423), St Petersburg-C, FL, Minor damage. (-23) On may 23, 2003, at 1150, EDT, a Piper PA-32-300T, registered to william cribbs, landed with an unsafe nose gear indication and the nose gear collapsed.…

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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