20021217033589I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Propjt 200D · Paso Robles, CA · December 17, 2002

Date
December 17, 2002 · 16:00 local
Place
Paso Robles, CA
Airport
Paso Robles Municipal
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N2904T
Reported as
Propjt 200D
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,600 total335 in this make and model66 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) Pilot made numerous attempts to lower the nose gear. After all attempts failed, pilot opted to make an emergency gear up landing. It appears that the nose gear actuator failed.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PILOT MADE NUMEROUS ATTEMPTS TO LOWER THE NOSE GEAR. AFTER ALL ATTEMPTS FAILED, PILOT OPTED TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY GEAR UP LANDING. IT APPEARS THAT THE NOSE GEAR ACTUATOR FAILED.