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Date
July 5, 2005 · 02:44 local
Place
Dothan, AL
Airport
Dothan Regional Airport
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N51RD
Reported as
Piper PA31T
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney PT6A60A
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
6,035 total200 in this make and model200 in the last 90 days
From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
(-23) The pilot could not lower the aircraft's nose gear. The aircraft landed gear up. The post flight inspection revealed that the shimmy dampner broke on rear retraction of the nose gear, and the nose gear hung-up on the gear door during extension.
As the FAA filed it
(-23) THE PILOT COULD NOT LOWER THE AIRCRAFT'S NOSE GEAR. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED GEAR UP. THE POST FLIGHT INSPECTION REVEALED THAT THE SHIMMY DAMPNER BROKE ON REAR RETRACTION OF THE NOSE GEAR, AND THE NOSE GEAR HUNG-UP ON THE GEAR DOOR DURING EXTENSION.