# Incident 20050906020599I: Piper PA46310P, Pinedale, WY, September 6, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 6, 2005, 11:15 local time
- Place: Pinedale, WY
- Airport: Ralph Wenz Field Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.7974° N, 109.8110° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at RALPH WENZ FLD (PNA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.7974&lon=-109.8110&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4391E, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4391E) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-46-310P (registry code 7104605, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-46-310p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA46310P
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050906020599I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT WAS ON A TRAINING FLIGHT, COMPLETING INSTRUMENT APPROACHES, DURING THE RETRACTION OF THE LANDING GEAR THE PILOT HEARD A LOUD NOISE AND THE NOSE GEAR DID NOT RETRACT. USING THE EMERGENCY PROCEDURES FOR EXTENDING THE LANDING GEAR THE NOSE GEAR DID NOT LOCK THE GEAR DOWN.

## Other reports on N4391E (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19980915036729I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980915036729I), Sep 15, 1998: Piper PA46310P (N4391E), Phoenix, AZ, Minor damage. (-5) Landed at sky Harbor, phx, AZ. Approximately 4:30 p.m. (on landing rollout) then the nose gear collapsed, skidding about 100 yards. No injuries. Minor…

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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