20030609017259I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28R-180 · Saluda, VA · June 9, 2003

Date
June 9, 2003 · 14:25 local
Place
Saluda, VA
Airport
Hummel Field Airport
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N7527J
Reported as
Piper PA28R180
Reported engine
Continental IO360*
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
24,280 total

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) The pilot departed W75 on a local flight. This was the first flight after an annual inspection. The pilot lowered the landing gear and the nose gear did not extend. He landed in the grass at W75 parallel to the runway. There was minor damage to the aircraft. The nose landing gear was caught in alternate air door control cable.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE PILOT DEPARTED W75 ON A LOCAL FLIGHT. THIS WAS THE FIRST FLIGHT AFTER AN ANNUAL INSPECTION. THE PILOT LOWERED THE LANDING GEAR AND THE NOSE GEAR DID NOT EXTEND. HE LANDED IN THE GRASS AT W75 PARALLEL TO THE RUNWAY. THERE WAS MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. THE NOSE LANDING GEAR WAS CAUGHT IN ALTERNATE AIR DOOR CONTROL CABLE.