# Incident 20050325005709I: Piper PA23, Ft Lauderdale, FL, March 25, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 25, 2005, 05:45 local time
- Place: Ft Lauderdale, FL
- Airport: Ft Lauderdale-Hollywood International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.0717° N, 80.1497° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FORT LAUDERDALE/HOLLYWOOD INTL (FLL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.0717&lon=-80.1497&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2226P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2226P-2018-01-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23 (registry code 7102302, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,460 total, 130 in this make and model, 130 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050325005709I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MARCH 25, 2005, ABOUT 0545 EASTERN STANDARD TIME, A PIPER PA-23-160, N2226P, REGISTERED TO LETS GO AIR INC., AS A TITLE 14 CFR PART 91 FLIGHT, HAD THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSE ON LANDING AT THE HOLLYWOOD FORT LAUDERDALE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (FLL), FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE COMMERCIAL-RATED PILOT AND PASSENGER RECEIVED NO INJURIES, AND THE AIRPLANE INCURRED MINOR DAMAGE. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM OPA LOCKA (OPF) AIRPORT, OPA LOCKA, FL., EARLIER THAT DAY. THE PILOT STATED HE LOWERED THE LANDING GEAR AND HAD LEFT AND RIGHT MAIN GEAR DOWN AND LOCK LIGHTS ON BUT DID NOT HAVE THE NOSE LIGHT ON, HE RECYCLED THE GEAR WITH THE SAME RESULTS THEN USED THE EMERGENCY HYDRAULIC HAND PUMP WITH THE GEAR HANDLE IN THE DOWN POSITION AND PUMPED UNTIL THE GEAR HANDLE RETURNED TO THE CENTER POSITION. THE NOSE GEAR DOWN AND LOCK LIGHT NEVER CAME ON, THEN LOOKED IN THE MIRROR ON THE ENGINE NACELLE AND IT APPEARED THAT THE NOSE GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED THE PILOT THEN REPLACED THE LIGHT BULB AND THE NOSE DOWN AND LOCK LIGHT NEVER CAME ON. THEN PROCEEDED TO FORT LAUDERDALE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT TO LAND AND ON ROLL OUT THE NOSEGEAR COLLAPSED.

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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