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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-23-250 · Lancaster, PA · April 27, 2003

Date: April 27, 2003 · 12:36 local
Place: Lancaster, PA
Airport: Lancaster
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N40464
Reported as: Piper PA23250
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 2,147 total450 in this make and model4 in the last 90 days

N40464Registered now · Piper PA-23-250S/N 27-7305181 · Built 1973 Airframe modelPiper PA-23-250 Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 seriesTurbo-prop

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What happened

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(-23) Landing gear did not lock down after selection, recycled gear handle, actuated gear blow down bottle with no response. Operated hand pump off and on for approximately 55 minutes. Main gear locked down. Aircraft landed without nose gear extended. Minor damage to fiberglass nose cone. Engines shut down and propellers feathered prior to landing.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) LANDING GEAR DID NOT LOCK DOWN AFTER SELECTION, RECYCLED GEAR HANDLE, ACTUATED GEAR BLOW DOWN BOTTLE WITH NO RESPONSE. OPERATED HAND PUMP OFF AND ON FOR APPROXIMATELY 55 MINUTES. MAIN GEAR LOCKED DOWN. AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT NOSE GEAR EXTENDED. MINOR DAMAGE TO FIBERGLASS NOSE CONE. ENGINES SHUT DOWN AND PROPELLERS FEATHERED PRIOR TO LANDING.

Other reports on N40464 · 1

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

Incident 19791111054009IRoll-Out (Fixed Wing) · Atlantic City, NJAfter normal touchdown tires hydroplaned, braking ineffective. Uneven braking resulting in swerve off runway.Nov 11, 1979 · Minor damage