# Incident 20050408006749I: Piper PA28RT201, Kinston, NC, April 8, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 8, 2005, 14:00 local time
- Place: Kinston, NC
- Airport: Eastern Regional Jetport At Stall
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: YH8S
- Location: 35.2751° N, 77.5934° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Kinston, NC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.2751&lon=-77.5934&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2846Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2846Y) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28RT-201 (registry code 7102818, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28rt-201) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28RT201
- Reported engine: LYC IO360C1C6
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 409 total, 16 in this make and model, 90 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050408006749I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT DEPARTED ISO ON A TRAINING FLIGHT WITH THE INSTRUCTOR AND COMMERCIAL STUDENT ON BOARD. THE FLIGHT WAS CONDUCTED IN THE TRAFFIC PATTERN OF ISO AIRPORT. ON THE SIXTH TOUCHDOWN (A FIRM LANDING) POWER WAS APPLIED AND THE AIRCRAFT LIFTED OFF THE RUNWAY WITHOUT INCIDENT. THE LANDING GEAR UNSAFE LIGHT THEN ILLUMINATED AND THE LEFT MAIN "GREEN" GEAR LIGHT WENT OUT. THE TOWER INFORMED THE AIRCRAFT THAT IT APPEARED THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR WAS NOT STOWED BUT HANGING. LOW PASSES CONFIRMED THAT THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR WAS BROKE OFF AND APPEARED TO BE HANGING BY THE BRAKE LINE. THE PILOT ELECTED TO LAND THE AIRCRAFT WITH THE RIGHT MAIN AND NOSE GEAR EXTENDED (THE LEFT MAIN GEAR WAS BROKE AND HANGING). THE AIRCRAFT SAFELY TOUCHED DOWN AND ONCE THE LEFT WING TOUCHED THE RUNWAY THE AIRCRAFT EXITED THE RUNWAY ONTO THE GRASS MEDIAN. BOTH THE INSTRUCTOR AND STUDENT SAFELY EGRESSED THE AIRCRAFT WITH NO INJURIES.

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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