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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-31-350 · St Petersburg-C, FL · December 26, 2000

Date: December 26, 2000 · 14:27 local
Place: St Petersburg-C, FL
Airport: St Petersburg-Clearwater International
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N3555B
Reported as: Piper PA31350
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 26,950 total800 in this make and model100 in the last 90 days

N3555BRegistered now · Piper PA-31-350S/N 31-8052056 Airframe modelPiper PA-31-350

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) On December 26, 2000, at 1427 EST, a Piper PA-31-350, N3555B, registered to wrj sales inc., experienced a nose landing gear failure after touchdown at Clearwater, FL., while on a personal flight. Visual meteorolical conditions prevailed at the time and a flight plan was not filed. The a/c sustained minor damage and the pilot was not injured. There were no passengers on board. The flight originated at ft pierce, FL., on December 26, 2000 at 1220 hours. After departure from ft pierce the right gear would not retract. The emergency extension procedure failed to extend the nose gear fully and it collapsed after touchdown. The landing gear hydraulic fluid supply had been depleted by a leak at the right main gear door actuator.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON DECEMBER 26, 2000, AT 1427 EST, A PIPER PA-31-350, N3555B, REGISTERED TO WRJ SALES INC., EXPERIENCED A NOSE LANDING GEAR FAILURE AFTER TOUCHDOWN AT CLEARWATER, FL., WHILE ON A PERSONAL FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND A FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED. THE A/C SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE AND THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED. THERE WERE NO PASSENGERS ON BOARD. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT FT PIERCE, FL., ON DECEMBER 26, 2000 AT 1220 HOURS. AFTER DEPARTURE FROM FT PIERCE THE RIGHT GEAR WOULD NOT RETRACT. THE EMERGENCY EXTENSION PROCEDURE FAILED TO EXTEND THE NOSE GEAR FULLY AND IT COLLAPSED AFTER TOUCHDOWN. THE LANDING GEAR HYDRAULIC FLUID SUPPLY HAD BEEN DEPLETED BY A LEAK AT THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR DOOR ACTUATOR.