# Accident 20050701015769A: Piper PA23160, Honolulu, HI, July 1, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 1, 2005, 09:59 local time
- Place: Honolulu, HI
- Airport: Honolulu International Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 21.3186° N, 157.9222° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=21.3186&lon=-157.9222&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3369P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3369P-2012-05-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-160 (registry code 7102304, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-160) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23160
- Reported engine: LYC O320B3B
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,750 total, 260 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX05LA221](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX05LA221) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050701015769A

## Narrative

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

(-23) DURING TRAINING OF FEATHER RESTART, THE PILOT ^PRIVAC^ HAD THE STUDENT SHUT DOWN THE LEFT ENGINE. RESTART WAS UNSUCCESSFUL. ^PRIVAC^ AS PIC, RETURNED TO HNL, WITHOUT DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. ON THIS AIRCRAFT THE LANDING GEAR MUST BE EXTENDED MANUALLY WITH THE LEFT ENGINE INOP. THE PILOT ^PRIVAC^ STARTED THE PROCESS OF MANUAL EXTENSION ON A 4 MILE FINAL. HE PUMPED THE HYDRAULIC HANDLE "ABOUT 20 TIMES" WITH NO GREEN LIGHTS. HE STOPPED THE PROCEDURE AND DID NOT USE THE CO2 BLOW DOWN BOTTLE. ON FINAL HE ASKED THE TOWER TO CHECK HIS GEAR. THE TOWER REPORTED IT APPEARED DOWN. DURING THE FLARE, OR JUST PRIOR, A PILOT ON THE GROUND OBSERVED THAT THE NOSE GEAR WAS NOT LOCKED. THAT PILOT ANNOUNCED THE FACT OVER TOWER FREQUENCY. THE PILOT ^PRIVAC^ HEARD THE REPORT AND ADDED POWER TO THE OPERATING ENGINE. THE AIRCRAFT PITCHED UP, YAWED LEFT, AND ROLLED LEFT. THE LEFT WING TIP STRUCK THE RUNWAY, FOLLOWED BY THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE TAIL THEN DROPPED AND STRUCK THE GROUND JUST OFF THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT SETTLED ONTO THE GROUND AND SLID SIDEWAYS IMPACTING A TAXIWAY SIGN AND THEN TO A STOP IN THE AREA BETWEEN PARALLEL RUNWAYS. THERE WAS NO FIRE. NO INJURIES RESULTED.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB LAX05LA221](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX05LA221), Jul 1, 2005: Piper PA-23-160 (N3369P), Honolulu, HI, substantial damage. Probable cause: the flight crew's failure to ensure that the landing gear lever was in the full down position prior to utilizing the hand pump, and the certified flight instructor's failure to utilize the blow down…

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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