# Incident 20020215008019I: Piper PA31T2, Sioux City, IA, February 15, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 15, 2002, 19:25 local time
- Place: Sioux City, IA
- Airport: Sioux Gateway
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.5000° N, 96.4003° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sioux City, IA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.5000&lon=-96.4003&mi=10
- Aircraft: N66JC (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31T2
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,500 total, 4,812 in this make and model, 80 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020215008019I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE AIRCRAFT WAS ATTEMPTING TO LAND AT IDA GROVE, IOWA, HOWEVER, AFTER THE PILOT PUT THE GEAR HANDLE DOWN HE ONLY GOT A RED GEAR UNSAFE LIGHT. AT THIS POINT THE PILOT WENT THROUGH THE EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSION PROCEDURES BUT THE GEAR STILL DID NOT INDICATE THEY WERE DOWN. THE AIRCRAFT PROCEEDED TO SIOUX CITY, IOWA, AND FLEW BY THE CONTROL TOWER TO VERIFY THE POSITION OF THE GEAR. AFTER SEVERAL MORE ATTEMPTS TO EXTEND THE GEAR AND A FLYBY INDICATING THE GEAR WAS EXTENDED THE PILOT DECIDED TO LAND THE AIRCRAFT WITH THE RED, GEAR UNSAFE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN ON THE MAIN GEAR, AND 50 FEET DOWN THE RUNWAY THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED, CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO SKID APPROXIMATELY 800 FEET ON THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT WAS EVACUATED AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THIS INCIDENT IS CONSIDERED CLOSED WITH THIS REPORT.

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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