# Incident 20000427032509I: Piper PA34200T, Bismarck, ND, April 27, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 27, 2000, 15:30 local time
- Place: Bismarck, ND
- Airport: Bismarck Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: CTYA
- Location: 46.7727° N, 100.7457° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BISMARCK MUNI (BIS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.7727&lon=-100.7457&mi=10
- Aircraft: N47611, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N47611-2015-11-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-200T (registry code 7103406, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-360 series (registry code 17019, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA34200T
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO360*
- Pilot flight hours: 14,500 total, 400 in this make and model, 46 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000427032509I

## Narrative

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

(-23)ON APRIL 27, 2000 AT 1430CDT, A PIPER PA-34-200T, OPERATED BY EXECUTIVE AIR TAXI CORP. WAS INBOUND FOR LANDING TO MINOT INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, MINOT, ND THE PILOT SELECTED GEAR DOWN. PILOT FAILED TO GET A NOSE GEAR LOCK INDICATION.  PILOT PERFORMED EMERGENCY PROCEDURES, THIS DID NOT REMEDY THE PROBLEM.  PILOT DIVERTED TO BISMARCK MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, BISMARK ND WHERE AN UNEVENTFUL EMERGENCY LANDING RESULTED.  MAITENANCE FOUND SMALL PIECES OF THE HYD. HOSE IN THE FLUID SUPPLING THE NOSE GEAR ACTUATOR.  DOM ADDING 1000HR FLUSHING OF SYSTEM.

## Other reports on N47611 (1)

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

- [Accident 20090825048599A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090825048599A), Aug 25, 2009: Piper PA-34-200T (N47611), Savannah, GA, Substantial damage. August 26, 2009 inspected the aircraft at the costal empire flight training facility located at the Savannah airport (sav) Savannah ga. The subject aircraft a…

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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