# Incident 20020206002069I: Piper PA34200T, Rock Springs, WY, February 6, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 6, 2002, 10:15 local time
- Place: Rock Springs, WY
- Airport: Rock Springs Sweetwater Count
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: EEJA
- Location: 41.5947° N, 109.2209° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Rock Springs, WY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5947&lon=-109.2209&mi=10
- Aircraft: N81659, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N81659-2006-08-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-200T (registry code 7103406, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-360 series (registry code 17019, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA34200T
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020206002069I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AFTER TAKEOFF FROM ROCK SPRINGS THE PILOT NOTICED THAT THE NOSE GEAR DID NOT FULLY RETRACT. AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO LOWER AND RAISE THE LANDING GEAR THE PILOT ELECTED TO LAND AT ROCK SPRINGS KNOWING THAT THE NOSE GEAR WAS NOT FULLY EXTENDED. AFTER FEATHERING THE RIGHT PROPELLER AND ALIGNING IT HORIZONTAL, HE LANDED AND FOUND THAT THE NOSE GEAR WOULD NOT SUPPORT THE AIRPLANE AS IT WAS IN A PARTIAL RETRACT POSITION.

## Other reports on N81659 (2)

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

- [Accident 20050609010649A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050609010649A), Jun 9, 2005: Piper PA34200T (N81659), Telluride, CO, Destroyed, 1 fatal. (-23) On 06/09/05 at 0933 MDT a Piper PA-34-200T, N81659, s/n 34-8070143, impacted terrain 11 nautical miles southwest of Telluride co. the aircraft was…
- [Incident 19900317014399I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900317014399I), Mar 17, 1990: Piper PA34200T (N81659), Fayetteville, AR. Right engine feathered. Precautionery landing on a highway. Found a defective fuel line.

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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