# Incident 20031101031629I: Piper PA28R200, St Petersburg, FL, November 1, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 1, 2003, 10:08 local time
- Place: St Petersburg, FL
- Airport: Albert Whitted Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.7651° N, 82.6269° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ALBERT WHITTED (SPG), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.7651&lon=-82.6269&mi=10
- Aircraft: N55906, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N55906-2026-10-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-200 (registry code 7102811, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R200
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031101031629I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON NOVEMBER 1, 2003, AT 10:08 EDT, A PIPER PA-28R, N55906, REGISTERED TO BAY AIR FLYING SERVICE., LANDED AT ALBERT WHITTED AIRPORT (SPG) AND THE NOSE GEAR RETRACTED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT. THE AIRCRAFT HAD MINOR DAMAGE AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE PILOT CLAIMS HE SAW ALL GREEN LIGHTS ON FINAL APPROACH. HE MADE A SQUEAKY TOUCHDOWN AND LET THE NOSE DOWN AND IT KEPT ON GOING DOWN, THEN SLID DOWN THE RUNWAY. THE PILOT ALSO STATED THE OWNER TOLD HIM TO EXPLAIN THERE MIGHT BE SOMETHING WRONG BECAUSE THE AIRCRAFT IS 30 YEARS OLD. INSPECTOR BLAKE FROM THE TAMPA FSDO WENT TO THE AIRCRAFT AND HAD THE AIRCRAFT PLACED ON JACKS AND OBSERVED A RETRACTION OF THE LANDING GEAR. THE NOSE LANDING GEAR DOORS WERE REMOVED AND THE LANDING GEAR WAS RETRACTED AND EXTENDED. THEN THE LANDING GEAR WAS RETRACTED AND THE LANDING GEAR WAS EMERGENCY EXTENDED. THE LANDING GEAR OPERATED NORMALLY THROUGH ALL RETRACTIONS AND EXTENSIONS, WITH THE GEAR COMING DOWN AND FIRMLY LOCKED EACH TIME.

## Other reports on N55906 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19790406013169I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790406013169I), Apr 6, 1979: Piper PA28R200 (N55906), Clearwater, FL, Minor damage. Pilot experienced difficulty getting safe indication from right main. Collapsed after landing. Leaking cylinder.

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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