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FAA incident report · Piper PA-23-250 · Vero Beach, FL · March 9, 2001

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Date
March 9, 2001 · 12:36 local
Place
Vero Beach, FL
Airport
Vero Beach Municipal
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N12DR
Reported as
Piper PA23250
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
970 total35 in this make and model150 in the last 90 days
N12DRRegistration cancelled Jun 29, 2006 · Piper PA-23-250S/N 27-7954052 · Built 1979Airframe modelPiper PA-23-250Engine modelLycoming IO-540 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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(-23) The airplane nose gear collapsed during landing rollout on runway 22 at vrb. The airplane sustained minor damage to the nose and both propellers. The flight instructor, the commercial pilot, and a pilot-rated passenger on board all reported the following: the nose gear light did not illuminate when the landing gear was first extended. They replaced the light with one of the working main gear lights, and it illuminated to indicate that the nose gear was down & locked. The extended nose gear was also visible in the mirror on the left nose cowl. They concluded that the first light was burned out, and elected to proceed with landing. The nose gear collapsed upon touchdown. Post-mishap inspection and operational testing of the landing gear system (including the manual back-up pump) revealed no evidence of mechanical malfunction. All three (green) landing gear lights were found to be operational. Also, the flap & gear control positions on this model aircraft are located on the aircraft instrument panel opposite of that on most other (later design) aircraft models.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE AIRPLANE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED DURING LANDING ROLLOUT ON RUNWAY 22 AT VRB. THE AIRPLANE SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE NOSE AND BOTH PROPELLERS. THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR, THE COMMERCIAL PILOT, AND A PILOT-RATED PASSENGER ON BOARD ALL REPORTED THE FOLLOWING: THE NOSE GEAR LIGHT DID NOT ILLUMINATE WHEN THE LANDING GEAR WAS FIRST EXTENDED. THEY REPLACED THE LIGHT WITH ONE OF THE WORKING MAIN GEAR LIGHTS, AND IT ILLUMINATED TO INDICATE THAT THE NOSE GEAR WAS DOWN & LOCKED. THE EXTENDED NOSE GEAR WAS ALSO VISIBLE IN THE MIRROR ON THE LEFT NOSE COWL. THEY CONCLUDED THAT THE FIRST LIGHT WAS BURNED OUT, AND ELECTED TO PROCEED WITH LANDING. THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED UPON TOUCHDOWN. POST-MISHAP INSPECTION AND OPERATIONAL TESTING OF THE LANDING GEAR SYSTEM (INCLUDING THE MANUAL BACK-UP PUMP) REVEALED NO EVIDENCE OF MECHANICAL MALFUNCTION. ALL THREE (GREEN) LANDING GEAR LIGHTS WERE FOUND TO BE OPERATIONAL. ALSO, THE FLAP & GEAR CONTROL POSITIONS ON THIS MODEL AIRCRAFT ARE LOCATED ON THE AIRCRAFT INSTRUMENT PANEL OPPOSITE OF THAT ON MOST OTHER (LATER DESIGN) AIRCRAFT MODELS.