What happened
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(-23) The aircraft departed fullerton, CA for a period of instruction in which the aircraft owner, Mr. Feller, was to receive continued instruction in the aircraft. The owner was required by his insurer to receive ten hours of instruction in the aircraft. During the flight, an unsafe landing gear indication was noticed, and procedures were accomplished to lower the gear manually. The attempts failed to extend the nose gear, and the aircraft was landed at Long Beach, CA because of the Long and wide runway available. During the landing, all three propeller blades received damage, as did the nose gear doors. Neither pilot was injured. During inspection of the aircraft maintenance records, FSDO inspectors found that the aircraft had been recently purchased without maintenance records. The aircraft had been inspected for an annual inspection, but no attempt had been made to reconstruct records of previous maintenance and AD compliance. Therefore, airworthiness status of the aircraft could not be determined. A subsequent inspection of the aircraft revealed several items required by airworthiness directives had not been accomplished prior to operation of the aircraft on may 8, 2004.
As the FAA filed it
(-23) THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED FULLERTON, CA FOR A PERIOD OF INSTRUCTION IN WHICH THE AIRCRAFT OWNER, MR. FELLER, WAS TO RECEIVE CONTINUED INSTRUCTION IN THE AIRCRAFT. THE OWNER WAS REQUIRED BY HIS INSURER TO RECEIVE TEN HOURS OF INSTRUCTION IN THE AIRCRAFT. DURING THE FLIGHT, AN UNSAFE LANDING GEAR INDICATION WAS NOTICED, AND PROCEDURES WERE ACCOMPLISHED TO LOWER THE GEAR MANUALLY. THE ATTEMPTS FAILED TO EXTEND THE NOSE GEAR, AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS LANDED AT LONG BEACH, CA BECAUSE OF THE LONG AND WIDE RUNWAY AVAILABLE. DURING THE LANDING, ALL THREE PROPELLER BLADES RECEIVED DAMAGE, AS DID THE NOSE GEAR DOORS. NEITHER PILOT WAS INJURED. DURING INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE RECORDS, FSDO INSPECTORS FOUND THAT THE AIRCRAFT HAD BEEN RECENTLY PURCHASED WITHOUT MAINTENANCE RECORDS. THE AIRCRAFT HAD BEEN INSPECTED FOR AN ANNUAL INSPECTION, BUT NO ATTEMPT HAD BEEN MADE TO RECONSTRUCT RECORDS OF PREVIOUS MAINTENANCE AND AD COMPLIANCE. THEREFORE, AIRWORTHINESS STATUS OF THE AIRCRAFT COULD NOT BE DETERMINED. A SUBSEQUENT INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT REVEALED SEVERAL ITEMS REQUIRED BY AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVES HAD NOT BEEN ACCOMPLISHED PRIOR TO OPERATION OF THE AIRCRAFT ON MAY 8, 2004.
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