# Incident 20030523014729I: Piper PA32RT300T, St Petersburg-C, FL, May 23, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 23, 2003, 11:50 local time
- Place: St Petersburg-C, FL
- Airport: St Petersburg-Clearwater International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.9102° N, 82.6874° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at St. Petersburg Clearwater International Airport (PIE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.9102&lon=-82.6874&mi=10
- Aircraft: N21423, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N21423-2011-08-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32RT-300T (registry code 7103216, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32rt-300t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32RT300T
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,000 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030523014729I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MAY 23, 2003, AT 1150, EDT, A PIPER PA-32-300T, REGISTERED TO WILLIAM CRIBBS, LANDED WITH AN UNSAFE NOSE GEAR INDICATION AND THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED. PERFORMED A FLY-BY AT TAMPA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AND CONTROLLERS CONFIRMED TO THE PILOT THE NOSE GEAR WAS NOT IN THE DOWN AND LOCKED POSITION. PILOT WAS DIRECTED TO ST. PETERSBURG CLEARWATER AIRPORT, FLORIDA TO LAND. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE. ONE MINOR INJURY TO PASSENGER EXITING THE AIRCRAFT. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT FRANKLIN, NORTH CAROLINA.

## Other reports on N21423 (2)

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

- [Accident 20070409005709A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070409005709A), Apr 9, 2007: Piper PA32RT300T (N21423), Andrews, NC, Destroyed, 2 fatal. (-23) The pilot[privacy data omitted] was making an approach to rwy 8 at Andrews Murphy airport, andrew, north carolina for landing. It appears he overshot the…
- [Incident 20000326002279I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000326002279I), Mar 26, 2000: Piper PA32RT300T (N21423), Franklin, NC, Minor damage. (-23) Pilot departed neil armstrong airport, oh (axv) VFR to Macon County Airport, NC(1A5). Pilot stated he had previous problem extending gear and had…

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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