# Incident 20050321005729I: Piper PA34200, St Petersburg-C, FL, March 21, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 21, 2005, 17:54 local time
- Place: St Petersburg-C, FL
- Airport: St Petersburg-Clearwater International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.9102° N, 82.6874° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at St. Petersburg Clearwater International Airport (PIE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.9102&lon=-82.6874&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4546T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4546T-2011-01-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-200 (registry code 7103405, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA34200
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,735 total, 32 in this make and model, 120 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050321005729I

## Narrative

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

(-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 19951213044359I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19951213044359I), Dec 13, 1995: Piper PA34200 (N4546T), St Petersburg, FL, Minor damage. Narrative: 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…

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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