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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-34-200T · San Juan, Puerto Rico · July 28, 2003

Date: July 28, 2003 · 21:03 local
Place: San Juan, Puerto Rico
Airport: Isla Grande Airport
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N555HB
Reported as: Piper PA34200T
People aboard: 4
Fatal injuries: 0

N555HBRegistration cancelled Jul 29, 2015 · Piper PA-34-200TS/N 34-7770294 Airframe modelPiper PA-34-200T

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What happened

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(-23) On 07/28/03, Piper PA-34-200T, N555HB, s/n 33-7770294, while on a return flight from the dominican republic experienced a nose wheel gear malfunction. The nose wheel would not extend. The pilot declared an emergency and landed on the grass to the southside of runway #9 at Isla Grande Airport. Aircraft landed without further incident. Three (3) passengers on board sustained no injuries. Maintenance found nose gear actuator attachment structure cracked.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON 07/28/03, PIPER PA-34-200T, N555HB, S/N 33-7770294, WHILE ON A RETURN FLIGHT FROM THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC EXPERIENCED A NOSE WHEEL GEAR MALFUNCTION. THE NOSE WHEEL WOULD NOT EXTEND. THE PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND LANDED ON THE GRASS TO THE SOUTHSIDE OF RUNWAY #9 AT ISLA GRANDE AIRPORT. AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. THREE (3) PASSENGERS ON BOARD SUSTAINED NO INJURIES. MAINTENANCE FOUND NOSE GEAR ACTUATOR ATTACHMENT STRUCTURE CRACKED.