# Incident 20021218036379I: Piper PA24, Titusville, FL, December 18, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 18, 2002, 13:58 local time
- Place: Titusville, FL
- Airport: Space Center Executive Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.5729° N, 80.8204° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Titusville, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.5729&lon=-80.8204&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5937P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5937P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24 (registry code 7102402, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,900 total, 39 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021218036379I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON DECEMBER 18, 2002, AT APPROXIMATELY 1258, THE LANDING GEAR ON A PIPER PA-24-24 AIRCRAFT FAILED TO EXTEND DUE TO A MECHANICAL FAILURE OF THE NOSE WHEEL CENTERING GUIDE. THE COMMERCIAL RATED, CURRENT AND QUALIFIED PILOT WAS UNABLE TO EXTEND THE GEAR BY THE EMERGENCY EXTENSION SYSTEM, AND A PLANED GEAR-UP LANDING WAS MADE.

## Other reports on N5937P (1)

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

- [Incident 19800527051589I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800527051589I), May 27, 1980: Piper PA24 (N5937P), Friendly, MD, Minor damage. Pilot forgot to extend gear for landing.

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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