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FAA incident report · Piper PA-23-160 · Augusta, GA · June 25, 2003

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Date
June 25, 2003 · 15:00 local
Place
Augusta, GA
Airport
Bush Field
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N3356P
Reported as
Piper PA23160
Reported engine
Lycoming O320*
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,080 total105 in this make and model7 in the last 90 days
N3356PRegistration cancelled Aug 2, 2020 · Piper PA-23-160S/N 23-1311 · Built 1958Airframe modelPiper PA-23-160Engine modelLycoming 0-320 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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(-23) During flight, a flexible hydraulic hose, mounted from the right engine firewall to right landing actuator, burst in hose's bend radii. Hydraulic fluid escaped from hydraulic system through the breach in the affected flexible hydraulic hose. The left and right main landing gears were able to lower and lock "down" into place. The nose landing gear was able to extend but not able to "lock down" into the down position. The aircraft landed resulting in the nose landing gear collapsing causing minimal damage to the aircraft's nose fairing and nose landing gear doors.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) DURING FLIGHT, A FLEXIBLE HYDRAULIC HOSE, MOUNTED FROM THE RIGHT ENGINE FIREWALL TO RIGHT LANDING ACTUATOR, BURST IN HOSE'S BEND RADII. HYDRAULIC FLUID ESCAPED FROM HYDRAULIC SYSTEM THROUGH THE BREACH IN THE AFFECTED FLEXIBLE HYDRAULIC HOSE. THE LEFT AND RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEARS WERE ABLE TO LOWER AND LOCK "DOWN" INTO PLACE. THE NOSE LANDING GEAR WAS ABLE TO EXTEND BUT NOT ABLE TO "LOCK DOWN" INTO THE DOWN POSITION. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED RESULTING IN THE NOSE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSING CAUSING MINIMAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT'S NOSE FAIRING AND NOSE LANDING GEAR DOORS.