# Incident 20050705015359I: Piper PA31T, Dothan, AL, July 5, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 5, 2005, 02:44 local time
- Place: Dothan, AL
- Airport: Dothan Regional Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.3210° N, 85.4495° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DOTHAN RGNL (DHN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.3210&lon=-85.4495&mi=10
- Aircraft: N51RD (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31T
- Reported engine: PWA PT6A60A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,035 total, 200 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050705015359I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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