# Incident 20020721019249I: Piper PA23250, Tucson, AZ, July 21, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 21, 2002, 19:10 local time
- Place: Tucson, AZ
- Airport: Tucson International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.1171° N, 110.9415° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TUCSON INTL (TUS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.1171&lon=-110.9415&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6334Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6334Y) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-250 (registry code 7102308, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23250
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 500 total, 130 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020721019249I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT EXTENDED THE LANDING GEAR ON DOWNWIND. THE PILOT NOTICED THE NOSE GEAR LIGHT NOT LIT. HE ADVISED THE TUCSON TOWER OF THE PROBLEM. THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO RECYCLE THE GEAR AND HAD THE SAME NOSE GEAR RESULTS. THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO MANUALLY PUMP THE GEAR DOWN BY HAND WITH THE SAME RESULTS. THE PILOT PERFORMED A FLY BY OF THE TOWER WHO STATED THAT THE NOSE GEAR APPEARED TO BE DOWN. DURING LANDING THE PILOT KEPT THE NOSE GEAR OFF THE RUNWAY UNTIL THE AIRCRAFT SPEED WAS MINIMUM. AT THE MOMENT OF RUNWAY CONTACT, THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED. MINIMUM DAMAGE WAS DONE TO THE AIRCRAFT DUE TO THE SLOW SPEED. BOTH PROPS WERE DAMAGED. NOSE SKIN DAMAGE AND NOSE LANDING GEAR WAS DAMAGED. NO INJURIES TO THE THREE OCCUPANTS. NO INJURIES TO ANY GROUND PERSONNEL. END.

## Other reports on N6334Y (1)

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

- [Incident 20030711015719I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030711015719I), Jul 11, 2003: Piper PA23250 (N6334Y), Salt Lake City, UT, Minor damage. (-23) Aircraft landed on runway 14 @ Salt Lake City International Airport (slc), and was taxiing to the hangers, row 10 hanger 13, when the pilot smelled…

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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