# Incident 20041204033309I: Piper PA32RT300, St Augustine, FL, December 4, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 4, 2004, 13:45 local time
- Place: St Augustine, FL
- Airport: St Augustine
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.9593° N, 81.3397° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ST AUGUSTINE (SGJ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.9593&lon=-81.3397&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9519C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9519C-2025-02-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32RT-300 (registry code 7103215, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32rt-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32RT300
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 806 total, 62 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20041204033309I

## Narrative

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

(-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)

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

- [Accident 20230721014179A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230721014179A), Jul 21, 2023: Piper PA-32RT-300 (N9519C), Mount Gilead, OH, Substantial damage. Aircraft lost engine power due to fuel starvation, landed in a soybean field

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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