# Incident 20020109003129I: Piper PA23160, Ft Worth, TX, January 9, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 9, 2002, 11:17 local time
- Place: Ft Worth, TX
- Airport: Fort Worth Alliance Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.7254° N, 97.3208° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fort Worth, TX, within about 11 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7254&lon=-97.3208&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3289P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3289P-2017-07-20) (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: 500 total, 100 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020109003129I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JANUARY 9, 2002 AT APPROXIMATELY 1700Z TIME, A PIPER PA-23-160, REGISTRATION NUMBER N3289P, FLOWN BY MR. ANTHONY HODGE, FAA CERTIFICATED PRIVATE PILOT, DEPARTED HICKS AIRPORT (T67) ON A LOCAL PLEASURE FLIGHT. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT THE GEAR UP SAFE LIGHT FAILED TO ILLUMINATE AFTER TAKEOFF WHEN THE GEAR RETRACTION LEVER WAS ACTIVATED. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT, AFTER CYCLING THE LANDING GEAR SEVERAL TIMES, HE COULD NOT DETERMINE IF THE LANDING GEAR WAS IN A SAFE POSITION FOR LANDING, HE ELECTED TO LAND THAT AIRCRAFT AT FORT WORTH ALLIANCE AIRPORT. UPON LANDING AT THE FORT WORTH ALLIANCE AIRPORT, THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR PARTIALLY COLLAPSED, AND THE LANDING WAS COMPLETED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. INVESTIGATION OF THE LANDING GEAR SHOWED EVIDENCE OF FAILURE OF THE LANDING GEAR DRAG LINK AND ASSOCIATED HARDWARE. THE OWNER OPERATOR WILL SUBMIT A M OR D REPORT TO DOCUMENT THE FAILURE OF ASSOCIATED PARTS. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED.

## Other reports on N3289P (2)

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

- [Accident 20040109007659A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040109007659A), Jan 9, 2004: Piper PA23160 (N3289P), Fort Worth, TX, Destroyed. (-23) On January 9, 2004, at 1530 CDT, a Piper apache PA-23-160, N3289P, owned by [privacy data omitted] impacted a hangar and two parked aircraft on takeoff…
- [Incident 19960803030139I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960803030139I), Aug 3, 1996: Piper PA23160 (N3289P), Ft Worth, TX, Minor damage. Narrative: on 08-03-96, at 0750 CDT, a Piper apache PA-23-160, N3289P, owned by Mr. Anthony w. hodge, [privacy data omitted] landed gear up on runway 32 at…

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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