# Incident 20010309015379I: Piper PA23250, Vero Beach, FL, March 9, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 9, 2001, 12:36 local time
- Place: Vero Beach, FL
- Airport: Vero Beach Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.6556° N, 80.4180° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at VERO BEACH RGNL (VRB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.6556&lon=-80.4180&mi=10
- Aircraft: N12DR, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N12DR-2006-06-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-250 (registry code 7102308, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23250
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 970 total, 35 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010309015379I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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