# Incident 20030711015629I: Propjt 200D, Houston, TX, July 11, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 11, 2003, 11:00 local time
- Place: Houston, TX
- Airport: David Wayne Hooks Memorial Arp
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.7633° N, 95.3633° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Houston, TX, within about 14 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7633&lon=-95.3633&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2983T, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2983T) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aero Commander 200D (registry code 0140312, https://openairdocs.org/model/aero-commander-200d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PROPJT 200D
- Reported engine: CONT IO520*
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030711015629I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PART 91 VFR FLIGHT DEPARTED DWH AIRPORT AT APPROXIMATELY 10:30 AM LOCAL TIME FOR PLEASURE FLIGHT APPROXIMATELY 50 NM TO BRENHAM TEXAS (11R). ON ARRIVAL IN PATTERN AT BRENHAM, MAIN GEARS SHOWED SAFE DOWN AND NOSE GEAR DID NOT. PILOT INITIATED EMERGENCY GEAR RETRACTION WITH NO SUCCESS. HE ALSO TRIED MULTIPLE EXTENSIONS AND "G" LOADS TO TRY AND DISLODGE THE NOSE GEAR. PILOT THEN FLEW BACK TO DWH AIRPORT. THE CONTROL TOWER CONFIRMED THAT THE NOSE GEAR WAS NOT EXTENDED. THE PILOT LANDED THE AIRCRAFT ON CONCRETE RUNWAY SETTLING THE NOSE CAREFULLY TO REDUCE DAMAGE. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE CONSISTING OF DAMAGE TO BOTH PROP BLADES, NOSE GEAR DOORS AND THE NOSE COWL. THE ENGINE HAD BEEN SHUT DOWN ON APPROACH SO THE PROPELLER WAS WINDMILLING WHEN IT CONTACTED THE RUNWAY. EXAMINATION OF THE WHEEL WELL REVEALED TIRE MARKS NEAR THE UPLOCK. I SUSPECT THAT THE NOSE STRUT DID NOT EXTEND FULLY ON RETRACTION CAUSING THE TIRE TO CONTACT THE CROSSOVER BRACE WHEN THE NOSE WHEEL WAS RETRACTED. FURTHER EXAMINATION AND GEAR RETRACTIONS TO DETERMINE CAUSE IS UNDERWAY.

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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