# Incident 20040807017979I: Piper PA23, Okmulgee, OK, August 7, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 7, 2004, 10:30 local time
- Place: Okmulgee, OK
- Airport: Okmulgee Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.6681° N, 95.9487° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Okmulgee Regional Airport (OKM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.6681&lon=-95.9487&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3477P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3477P-2022-12-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23 (registry code 7102302, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,356 total, 40 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040807017979I

## Narrative

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

(-23) IN ORDER TO MEET THE INSURANCE REQUIREMENTS TO TEACH, MR. RALEY STATED THAT HE WAS ON BOARD OBSERVING FLIGHT MANEUVERS THAT WERE BEING PERFORMED BY MR. RALEY. MR. RALEY STATED THAT THEY PRACTICED AN EMERGENCY SHUT DOWN AND FEATHER OF THE LEFT ENGINE. THEY TRIED, BUT COULD NOT GET THE ENGINE RESTARTED. THEY ELECTED TO DO A SINGLE ENGINE LANDING AT OKMULGEE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, THE NEAREST AIRPORT. MR. RALEY STATED THAT THE BEFORE LANDING CHECK LIST HAD BEEN COMPLETED AND THAT THE GEAR HAD BEEN VERIFIED TO BE IN THE DOWN AND LOCKED POSITION. THE APPROACH AND TOUCHDOWN WERE NORMAL, BUT DURING THE ROLL OUT, AFTER APPROXIMATELY 500 TO 1000 FEET, THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED. THE HYDRAULIC PUMP FOR THE OPERATION OF THE LANDING GEAR IS RUN OFF OF THE LEFT ENGINE.

## Other reports on N3477P (1)

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

- [Accident 20220611021449A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220611021449A), Jun 11, 2022: Piper PA-23 (N3477P), Stockbridge, GA, Destroyed. On June 11, 2022 at approximately 1200 a Piper aicraft model PA23-180 apache, takeoff on runway 11, at Berry Hill Airport (7GA7) located in Stockbridge, GA…

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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