# Incident 20031030027539I: Dorner DO228212, Pago Pago, American Samoa, October 30, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 30, 2003, 16:15 local time
- Place: Pago Pago, American Samoa
- Airport: Pago International, Tutuila I
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: XV6A
- Location: 14.2781° S, 170.7025° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Pago Pago, AS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=-14.2781&lon=-170.7025&mi=10
- Aircraft: N228ST, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N228ST-2019-01-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Dornier 228-212 (registry code 2992921, https://openairdocs.org/model/dornier-228-212) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: AiResearch TFE731 series (registry code 01518, https://openairdocs.org/engine/airesearch-tfe731-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DORNER DO228212
- People aboard: 10
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,000 total, 1,500 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031030027539I

## Narrative

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

(-23) DEPARTED NSTU/PPG AT APPROXIMATELY 12:30 PM LOCAL FOR FAR PART 91 PERSONAL SIGHTSEEING FLIGHT. TAKE-OFF WAS NORMAL. AFTER LIFT-OFF AT APPROXIMATELY 300 FEET AGL CALL FOR GEAR UP WAS INITIATED BY THE CAPTAIN. THE GEAR HANDLE WAS MOVED TO THE UP POSITION, GEAR INITIATED RETRACT SEQUENCE. RED IN TRANSIT LIGHT STAYED ILLUMINATED, HYDRAULIC PUMP REMAINED ON, RECYCLED GEAR TO DOWN POSITION. MAIN GEAR DOWN AND LOCKED INDICATION, NOSE GEAR UNSAFE INDICATION, IN TRANSIT LIGHT REMAINED ILLUMINATED, REFERRED TO ABNORMAL CHECKLIST. "NOSE GEAR UNSAFE/FLAT NOSE TIRE", "LANDING WITH NOSE GEAR UNSAFE" AND "LANDING GEAR UNSAFE, EMERGENCY EXTENSION". COULD NOT ACCOMPLISH EXTENSION OF NOSE GEAR. LANDED AIRCRAFT RUNWAY 08 AT APPROXIMATELY 1:40 PM LOCAL. NO PROPERTY DAMAGE, MINOR AIRCRAFT DAMAGE, NO INJURIES AND PASSENGERS EXITED THROUGH MAIN CABIN DOOR.

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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