# Incident 20020925029119I: Piper PA31350, Houston, TX, September 25, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 25, 2002, 20:14 local time
- Place: Houston, TX
- Airport: William P Hobby Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: DYMA
- Location: 29.6458° N, 95.2772° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WILLIAM P HOBBY (HOU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.6458&lon=-95.2772&mi=10
- Aircraft: N35890, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N35890) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31-350 (registry code 7103110, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31-350) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31350
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,351 total, 134 in this make and model, 70 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020925029119I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT LANDING GEAR DID NOT EXTEND ON LANDING. GEAR WAS RECYCLED AND DID NOT EXTEND THE SECOND TIME. AIRCRAFT LANDED MAIN GEAR EXTENDED AND NOSE GEAR IN THE NOSE WHEEL WELL. THE NOSE GEAR UPLOCK LATCH DID NOT RELEASE TO ALLOW THE NOSE GEAR TO EXTEND.

## Other reports on N35890 (1)

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

- [Incident 19900524044689I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900524044689I), May 24, 1990: Piper PA31350 (N35890), Leakey, TX, Minor damage. Pilot stated on short final aircraft ballooned. Downdraft resulted in propeller strike. Made safe go around.

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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