# Incident 20030331017189I: Piper PA34200T, Harrisburg, PA, March 31, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 31, 2003, 14:20 local time
- Place: Harrisburg, PA
- Airport: Capital City
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.2171° N, 76.8514° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CAPITAL CITY (CXY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.2171&lon=-76.8514&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6890F, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6890F) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-200T (registry code 7103406, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-360 series (registry code 17019, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA34200T
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,800 total, 1,500 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030331017189I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON LEFT BASE TO RUNWAY 30 AT CAPITAL CITY AIRPORT (CXY), MAIN LANDING GEAR CAME DOWN AND LOCKED BUT NOSE GEAR DID NOT (NO INDICATION). PILOT COULD HEAR GEAR PUMP CYCLING LOUDLY, BUT NOSE GEAR WOULD NOT COME DOWN. GEAR WAS CYCLED SEVERAL TIMES WITH THE SAME RESULT. A FLY-BY WAS MADE WITH CXY TOWER CONFIRMING NOSE GEAR DOORS NOT OPEN. PILOT DID EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSION PROCEDURE WITH SAME EFFECT. GEAR WAS CYCLED ONE MORE TIME, FLEW BY TOWER TO CONFIRM SITUATION, CHOSE RUNWAY 26 (LONGEST) TO MAKE NOSE GEAR UP LANDING. WITH EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT AND CREWS IN PLACE, AIRCRAFT LANDED WITH ENGINES RUNNING, ONTO RUNWAY 26 WITH MAIN GEAR DOWN/NOSE WHEEL UP. THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED AND THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE NOSE CONE, NOSE GEAR DOORS AND BOTH PROPELLERS BEING "Q-TIPPED". THE AIRCRAFT WAS REMOVED FROM THE RUNWAY AND TAKEN TO A MAINTENANCE FACILITY WHERE THE PROBLEM COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED. GEAR WAS CYCLED THROUGH NUMEROUS TIMES WITH POWER AND THE EMERGENCY SYSTEM WITH ALL THREE WHEELS COMING DOWN AND LOCKING. ANY CAUSE NOTED DURING THE REPAIR PROCESS WILL BE REPLACED/REPAIRED AND A MALFUNCTION/DEFECT REPORT WILL BE SUBMITTED.

## Other reports on N6890F (2)

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

- [Incident 20230113002899I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230113002899I), Jan 13, 2023: Piper PA-34-200T (N6890F), Washington Cour, OH, Minor damage. The pilot departed kcnu with no takeoff or enroute anomalies. The airplane entered instrument meteorological conditions while descending and receiving radar…
- [Incident 19781206022739I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781206022739I), Dec 6, 1978: Piper PA34200 (N6890F), Wheeling, IL, Minor damage. Private pilot lost directional control after touchdown on icy runway.

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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