# Incident 20050729018099I: Piper PA46350P, Nantucket, MA, July 29, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 29, 2005, 18:09 local time
- Place: Nantucket, MA
- Airport: Nantucket Memorial
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.2533° N, 70.0605° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NANTUCKET MEML (ACK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.2533&lon=-70.0605&mi=10
- Aircraft: N92821, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N92821) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA 46-350P (registry code 7104620, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-46-350p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA46350P
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,000 total, 2,400 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050729018099I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT REPORTED THAT THE NOSE LANDING GEAR WOULD NOT EXTEND ON APPROACH TO ACK. UNABLE TO EXTEND THE GEAR USING EMERGENCY PROCEDURES. PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE AIRCRAFT HYDRAULIC INDICATOR SHOWE THE HYDRAULIC FLUID LEVEL BELOW THE (L) LOW LEVEL INDICATOR INDEX. PILOT SAID THAT ON PREFLIGHT THE HYDRAULIC QTY WAS NORMAL. THE PIPER INCIDENT REPORT SHOWS THAT THE NOSE LANDING GEAR ACTUATOR ROD END IS SEPARATED FROM THE ROD IN PHOTOGRAPHS 6 AND 7. THE 5 AMP HYDRAULIC PUMB C/B WAS OPEN. THE AIRCRAFT MADE SEVERAL STOPS BETWEEN ITS POINT OF ORIGIN, MERRITT ISLAND FL AND NANTUCKET MA WITH NO PROBLEMS. THE MECHANIC THAT EXAMINED THE AIRCRAFT FOR AN ESTIMATE STATED TO ME THAT THE ROD END THAT BROKE OFF OR SEPARATED FROM THE ACTUATOR SHAFT JAMMED THE NOSE STRUT IN THE UP POSITION. HE ALSO SAID THAT WHEN THE AIRCRAFT WAS PLACED IN ITS NORMAL ATTITUDE THE HYDRAULIC INDICATOR RECOVERED.

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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