# Incident 20010910029739I: Piper PA23160, Chandler, AZ, September 10, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 10, 2001, 09:49 local time
- Place: Chandler, AZ
- Airport: Stellar Airpark Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.2988° N, 111.9158° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at STELLAR AIRPARK (P19), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.2988&lon=-111.9158&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3368P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3368P-2013-05-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-160 (registry code 7102304, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-160) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23160
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 230 total, 141 in this make and model, 55 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010910029739I

## Narrative

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

(-23) DURING TAXI OUT, CFI NOTICED NOSE LANDING GEAR GREEN LIGHT WAS OUT. SHE ATTEMPTED TO SWAP LIGHTS TO VERIFY THE CONDITION OF THE NOSE LIGHT HOWEVER COULD NOT REMOVE THE LIGHT FROM THE PANEL. STUDENT HAD ACCOMPLISHED THE ENGINE RUNUP AND WAS BEGINNING THE TAKE OFF RUN. CFI STATED THAT SHE ASSUMED IT WAS AN INDICATION PROBLEM AS THE NOSE GEAR HELD DURING THE TAXI AND DECIDED TO CONTINUE WITH THE INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT. SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF, AT ABOUT 500 FEET AGL, THE CABIN DOOR POPPED OPEN AND THE CFI DECIDED TO IMMEDIATELY RETURN FOR LANDING AS THE AIRPLANE WAS NOT HOLDING ALTITUDE. CFI SELECTED GEAR DOWN, AGAIN NO NOSE GEAR GREEN LIGHT BUT DIDN'T HAVE TIME TO TROUBLE SHOOT AT THIS POINT. UPON TOUCHDOWN, NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED.

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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