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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28R-200 · Eleleth, MN · December 27, 2000

Date: December 27, 2000 · 17:30 local
Place: Eleleth, MN
Airport: Eleleth-Virginia Municipal Airport
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N5083S
Reported as: Piper PA28R200
Reported engine: Continental IO360*
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 309 total55 in this make and model6 in the last 90 days

N5083SRegistered now · Piper PA-28R-200S/N 28R-7135082 · Built 1971 Airframe modelPiper PA-28R-200 Engine modelLycoming I0360 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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

(-23) Pilot was not able to get the nosegear to extend, landed on the mains. As airspeed bled off the propeller struck the runway. The a/c skidded off to one edge of the runway. Other than the damage to the propeller there was very minimal damage to the airframe. Ground investigation revealed the nose gear doors were jammed shut and never opened in flight. The door linkage appears to have become bent allowing the door to go too FAR into the well where it jammed.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PILOT WAS NOT ABLE TO GET THE NOSEGEAR TO EXTEND, LANDED ON THE MAINS. AS AIRSPEED BLED OFF THE PROPELLER STRUCK THE RUNWAY. THE A/C SKIDDED OFF TO ONE EDGE OF THE RUNWAY. OTHER THAN THE DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER THERE WAS VERY MINIMAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRFRAME. GROUND INVESTIGATION REVEALED THE NOSE GEAR DOORS WERE JAMMED SHUT AND NEVER OPENED IN FLIGHT. THE DOOR LINKAGE APPEARS TO HAVE BECOME BENT ALLOWING THE DOOR TO GO TOO FAR INTO THE WELL WHERE IT JAMMED.