# Incident 20050408009399I: Piper PA31310, Ithaca, NY, April 8, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 8, 2005, 16:21 local time
- Place: Ithaca, NY
- Airport: Tompkins County
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.4439° N, 76.5031° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Ithaca, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.4439&lon=-76.5031&mi=10
- Aircraft: N63703, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N63703-2019-06-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31-310 (registry code 7103102, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31-310) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31310
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 13,650 total, 2,500 in this make and model, 75 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050408009399I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON FRIDAY, APRIL 8, 2005, AT 1914 EDT, A PIPER PA-31-310, N63703, OPERATED BY THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ EXPERIENCED NOSE GEAR STEERING PROBLEMS WHILE LANDING AT THE TOMPKINS COUNTY AIRPORT (KITH) IN ITHACA, NY. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED AND TAXIED TO THE RAMP WITHOUT INCIDENT. FIRE AND RESCUE RESPONDED AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES. AFTER THE AIRCRAFT ARRIVED AT THE RAMP, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE AIRCRAFT HAD BEEN FLOWN WITH THE NOSE GEAR LINKS DISCONNECTED. THE PILOT CLAIMED THAT HE DID THE WALK-AROUND INSPECTION PRIOR TO THE FLIGHT AND SOMEHOW DID NOT SEE THAT THE NOSE GEAR LINKS WERE DISCONNECTED. THE NOSE GEAR AREA WAS INSPECTED AND NO DAMAGE WAS FOUND. THE NOSE GEAR LINKS WERE RE-CONNECTED AND THE OPERATIONAL CHECK WAS SATISFACTORY. THIS INCIDENT IS CONSIDERED CLOSED.

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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