# Incident 20001226024169I: Piper PA31350, St Petersburg-C, FL, December 26, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 26, 2000, 14:27 local time
- Place: St Petersburg-C, FL
- Airport: St Petersburg-Clearwater International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.9102° N, 82.6874° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at St. Petersburg Clearwater International Airport (PIE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.9102&lon=-82.6874&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3555B, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3555B) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31-350 (registry code 7103110, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31-350) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31350
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 26,950 total, 800 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001226024169I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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