# Incident 20001227028269I: Piper PA28R200, Eleleth, MN, December 27, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 27, 2000, 17:30 local time
- Place: Eleleth, MN
- Airport: Eleleth-Virginia Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N5083S, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5083S) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-200 (registry code 7102811, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R200
- Reported engine: CONT IO360*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 309 total, 55 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001227028269I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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