# Incident 20001015031289I: Piper PA34200T, London, KY, October 15, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 15, 2000, 17:45 local time
- Place: London, KY
- Airport: London-Corbin Airport-Macgee
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.1184° N, 84.0779° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of London, KY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.1184&lon=-84.0779&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7003C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7003C-2018-01-24) (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
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 350 total, 110 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001015031289I

## Narrative

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

(-23)PILOT PRACTICING TAKEOFFS AND LANDINGS AT HOME FIELD. REPORTS HAVING SAFE GEAR DOWN INDICATION ON DOWNWIND (3-GREEN LIGHTS AND NOSE GEAR VISUALLY CHECKED IN MIRROR).  AFTER NORMAL LANDING, NOSE GEAR RETRACTED.  AIRCRAFT SLID 886 FT. ON NOSE.  ENGINES STOPPED DUE TO PROP STRIKE ON RUNWAY.  MAINTENANCE TECHNICIANS NOTED MAIN GEAR WERE DOWN, BUT NOT LOCKED.  ONE WAS OVER-CENTER, ONE WAS NOT.  NOSE GEAR RETRACT MECHANISM SHOWED DAMAGE CONSISTENT WITH SYSTEM ATTEMPTING TO EXTEND NOSE GEAR WITH AIRCRAFT NOSE RESTING ON THE GROUND.  AIRCRAFT WAS LIFTED IN PLACE ON JACKS, AND HYDRAULIC LINES WERE CRACKED TO RELIEVE PRESSURE, ALL GEARS EXTENDED OVER CENTER AND LOCKED WITH GRAVITY ALONE.  AIRCRAFT WAS TOWED TO HANGER, AGAIN PLACED ON JACKS.  NOSE GEAR WAS ISOLATED FROM THE SYSTEM (DUE TO THE ABOVE NOTED DAMAGE) AND GEAR OPERATION CHECK WAS CONDUCTED WITH FULL, NORMAL EXTENSION AND  RETRACTION NOTED, INCLUDING ALL NORMAL INDICATIONS (LIGHTS, HORNS, ETC.). ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^                                                                                                                                                                                                                      ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

## Other reports on N7003C (1)

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

- [Incident 19920107001179I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920107001179I), Jan 7, 1992: Piper PA34200T (N7003C), Huntington, WV. Engine surging in flight. Shut down and landed at nearby airport. Crankshaft gear failed.

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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