# Incident 20030625015689I: Piper PA23160, Augusta, GA, June 25, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 25, 2003, 15:00 local time
- Place: Augusta, GA
- Airport: Bush Field
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.4710° N, 81.9748° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Augusta, GA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4710&lon=-81.9748&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3356P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3356P-2020-08-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-160 (registry code 7102304, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-160) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23160
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,080 total, 105 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030625015689I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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