20041204033309I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-32RT-300 · St Augustine, FL · December 4, 2004

Date: December 4, 2004 · 13:45 local
Place: St Augustine, FL
Airport: St Augustine
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N9519C
Reported as: Piper PA32RT300
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 806 total62 in this make and model10 in the last 90 days

N9519CRegistration cancelled Feb 22, 2025 · Piper PA-32RT-300S/N 32R-7885053 · Built 1978 Airframe modelPiper PA-32RT-300 Engine modelLycoming IO-540 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) The pilot stated when he deployed the landing gear he had three green lights. On final the lights went out and the pilot recycled the landing gear and lights were still out. Airport tower advised the pilot that the landing gear was down. The pilot elected to land and on rollout the nose gear collapsed. During gear retract test, a maint. Tech. Discovered the nose gear would not travel to full down/locked position with minimal resistance (pushing against NLG lightly with one hand) and when slight resistance was used against the NLG, the RH MLG actuator sprayed hyd. Fluid. RH MLG actuator p/n 96860-00 was diagnosed with bad o-rings. O-rings pn 484-706/484-748.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE PILOT STATED WHEN HE DEPLOYED THE LANDING GEAR HE HAD THREE GREEN LIGHTS. ON FINAL THE LIGHTS WENT OUT AND THE PILOT RECYCLED THE LANDING GEAR AND LIGHTS WERE STILL OUT. AIRPORT TOWER ADVISED THE PILOT THAT THE LANDING GEAR WAS DOWN. THE PILOT ELECTED TO LAND AND ON ROLLOUT THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED. DURING GEAR RETRACT TEST, A MAINT. TECH. DISCOVERED THE NOSE GEAR WOULD NOT TRAVEL TO FULL DOWN/LOCKED POSITION WITH MINIMAL RESISTANCE (PUSHING AGAINST NLG LIGHTLY WITH ONE HAND) AND WHEN SLIGHT RESISTANCE WAS USED AGAINST THE NLG, THE RH MLG ACTUATOR SPRAYED HYD. FLUID. RH MLG ACTUATOR P/N 96860-00 WAS DIAGNOSED WITH BAD O-RINGS. O-RINGS PN 484-706/484-748.

Other reports on N9519C · 1

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