# Incident 20041218035009I: Swrngn SA26AT, Macon, GA, December 18, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 18, 2004, 08:37 local time
- Place: Macon, GA
- Airport: Lewis B Wilson
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.8407° N, 83.6324° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Macon, GA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8407&lon=-83.6324&mi=10
- Aircraft: N558AC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N558AC-2010-03-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Swearingen SA-26AT (registry code 8780112, https://openairdocs.org/model/swearingen-sa-26at) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: AiResearch TPE331 series (registry code 01514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/airesearch-tpe331-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SWRNGN SA26AT
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,239 total, 90 in this make and model, 83 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20041218035009I

## Narrative

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

(-23) WHILE ON APPROACH TO MCN, PILOT SELECTED GEAR DOWN, BUT ONLY RECEIVED "DOWN" INDICATOR FOR MAIN GEAR. NOSE GEAR INDICATED "UNSAFE." PILOT EXECUTED SEVERAL MANEUVERS TO EXTEND NOSE GEAR, BUT WAS UNSUCCESSFUL. PILOT ELECTED TO DO SEVERAL PASSES BY CONTROL TOWER FOR VISUAL ON LANDING GEAR. TOWER PERSONNEL REPORTED NOSE GEAR APPEARED DOWN. WHEN PILOT ATTEMPTED LANDING ON RUNWAY 23, NOSE GEAR DID SUPPORT AIRCRAFT, SO A "GO AROUND" WAS EXECUTED. SUBSEQUENT PASSES BY THE TOWER INDICATED THAT THE GEAR DID NOT APPEAR TO BE PROPERLY EXTENDED. PILOT ELECTED TO CONTINUE FLYING AIRCRAFT, SO AS TO BURN FUEL AND LIGHTEN AIRCRAFT FOR LANDING WITH NOSE GEAR UNSAFE. PILOT LANDED RUNWAY 31 SAFELY. DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT MINOR.

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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