# Incident 20020913027389I: Piper PA32RT300T, Waterloo, IA, September 13, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 13, 2002, 12:44 local time
- Place: Waterloo, IA
- Airport: Waterloo Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.5584° N, 92.4010° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WATERLOO RGNL (ALO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.5584&lon=-92.4010&mi=10
- Aircraft: N39637, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N39637) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32RT-300T (registry code 7103216, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32rt-300t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32RT300T
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,768 total, 50 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020913027389I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE AIRPLANE'S NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED UPON LANDING. A LEAKING HYDRAULIC HOSE TO THE NOSE GEAR WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE GEAR NOT LOWERING NORMALLY, AND WEAK SPRINGS WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR NOT LOCKING THE NOSE GEAR IN PLACE, AFTER EMERGENCY LANDING GEAR DEPLOYMENT.

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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