# Incident 20020824023839I: Piper PA31350, Nashville, TN, August 24, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 24, 2002, 00:35 local time
- Place: Nashville, TN
- Airport: Nashville International Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.1245° N, 86.6782° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NASHVILLE INTL (BNA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1245&lon=-86.6782&mi=10
- Aircraft: N80MT (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31350
- Reported engine: LYC TIO540*
- People aboard: 6
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 16,000 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020824023839I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT STATED THAT HE WAS RETURNING FROM TRICITIES AIRPORT TO JOHN TUNE AIRPORT AT NASHVILLE, TN, WITH FIVE PASSENGERS. HE STATED THAT DURING PREPARATION TO LAND AT JOHN TUNE THE NOSE GEAR DID NOT LOCK IN PLACE. HE STATED THAT HE PUMPED THE GEAR TO NO AVAIL. HE COMMUNICATED WITH THE NASHVILLE ATCT FOR AN EMERGENCY LANDING AT NASHVILLE. HE STATED THAT ON FINAL APPROACH TO RUNWAY 20C HE SHUT DOWN BOTH ENGINES. HE STATED THAT HE LANDED ON THE MAIN LANDING GEAR AND HELD THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT OFF UNTIL HE LOST MOST OF HIS FORWARD SPEED. THE AIRCRAFT SLID 541 FEET AFTER THE NOSE TOUCHED DOWN. SUBSEQUENT INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT REVEALED THAT A HYDRAULIC LINE TO THE NOSE GEAR ERUPTED AND LEAKED THE FLUID AND PRESSURE.

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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