# Incident 20011004031659I: Piper PA60601P, Middletown, PA, October 4, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 4, 2001, 18:09 local time
- Place: Middletown, PA
- Airport: Harrisburg International Airport-Olmsted
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.2009° N, 76.7292° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Middletown, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.2009&lon=-76.7292&mi=10
- Aircraft: N70WP, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N70WP-2012-08-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper AEROSTAR 601P (registry code 7106012, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-aerostar-601p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA60601P
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,500 total, 1,500 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20011004031659I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AFTER COMPLETION OF BIANNUAL CHECK RIDE, PILOT DROPPED INSTRUCTOR OFF AT BUTLER COUNTY AIRPORT (BTP) AND UPON RETURNING TO SELINSGROVE, PA (SEG), PILOT NOTICED THAT WHEN LANDING GEAR WAS LOWERED THAT THERE WAS NO GREEN INDICATION FOR THE NOSE WHEEL BEING DOWN AND LOCKED. PILOT CHECKED LAMP, AND DID FLY-BY TO CONFIRM GEAR WAS DOWN AND STRAIGHT. IT COULD NOT BE CONFIRMED THAT NOSE WHEEL WAS STRAIGHT SO PILOT ELECTED TO LAND AT MDT TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF WIDER RUNWAY. MDT TOWER DISPATCHED EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT, AND AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING WAS MADW WITH NO INJURIES OR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. AIRCRAFT WAS INSPECTED AND FOUND TO HAVE BROKEN WIRES AT THE NOSE WHEEL DOWN LIMIT SWITCH. FERRY PERMIT WAS ISSUED FOR FLIGHT TO REPAIR FACILITY.

## Other reports on N70WP (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20060802022499I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060802022499I), Aug 2, 2006: Piper PA60601P (N70WP), Westminster, MD, Minor damage. (-23) The pilot [privacy data omitted] , as PIC of Aerostar N70WP, landed at Carroll county regional airport on runway 16 with the landing gear retracted on…

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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