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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-34-200 · St Petersburg-C, FL · March 21, 2005

Date: March 21, 2005 · 17:54 local
Place: St Petersburg-C, FL
Airport: St Petersburg-Clearwater International
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N4546T
Reported as: Piper PA34200
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 5,735 total32 in this make and model120 in the last 90 days

N4546TRegistration cancelled Jan 10, 2011 · Piper PA-34-200S/N 34-7250130 · Built 1972 Airframe modelPiper PA-34-200 Engine modelLycoming I0360 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) On March 21, 2005, at 1755 EDT, a Piper PA-34-200, N4546T, registered to leasair Clearwater, was cleared to land at the st. Petersburg-Clearwater (pie) airport. The pilot selected the landing gear in the down position, and only the main landing gears indicated they were down and locked, (green indicator lights) no indication that the nose gear was down (red indicator light). The pilot cycled the gear system several times including a manual extension and could not get a nose gear indication. The pilot made a low approach by the control tower to confirm the gear was not extended. He then landed without the nose gear, aircraft damage was minor, and there were no injuries.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON MARCH 21, 2005, AT 1755 EDT, A PIPER PA-34-200, N4546T, REGISTERED TO LEASAIR CLEARWATER, WAS CLEARED TO LAND AT THE ST. PETERSBURG-CLEARWATER (PIE) AIRPORT. THE PILOT SELECTED THE LANDING GEAR IN THE DOWN POSITION, AND ONLY THE MAIN LANDING GEARS INDICATED THEY WERE DOWN AND LOCKED, (GREEN INDICATOR LIGHTS) NO INDICATION THAT THE NOSE GEAR WAS DOWN (RED INDICATOR LIGHT). THE PILOT CYCLED THE GEAR SYSTEM SEVERAL TIMES INCLUDING A MANUAL EXTENSION AND COULD NOT GET A NOSE GEAR INDICATION. THE PILOT MADE A LOW APPROACH BY THE CONTROL TOWER TO CONFIRM THE GEAR WAS NOT EXTENDED. HE THEN LANDED WITHOUT THE NOSE GEAR, AIRCRAFT DAMAGE WAS MINOR, AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES.

Other reports on N4546T · 1

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

Incident 19951213044359ITouch And Go Landing · St Petersburg, FLNarrative: during a pleasure flight, on dec. 13, 1995, at 1615 local, N4546T (PA-34 s/n 34-7250130) had its nose gear collapse while attempting a touch and go at Albert Whitted municipal airport (spg). [privacy data omitted] A malfunction or defect report was…Dec 13, 1995 · Minor damage