# Incident 20030728026019I: Piper PA34200T, San Juan, Puerto Rico, July 28, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 28, 2003, 21:03 local time
- Place: San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Airport: Isla Grande Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 18.4663° N, 66.1057° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of San Juan, PR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=18.4663&lon=-66.1057&mi=10
- Aircraft: N555HB, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N555HB-2015-07-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-200T (registry code 7103406, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA34200T
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030728026019I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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