# Incident 20060610011369I: Piper PA32R300, Vero Beach, FL, June 10, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 10, 2006, 17:20 local time
- Place: Vero Beach, FL
- Airport: Vero Beach Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.6556° N, 80.4180° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at VERO BEACH RGNL (VRB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.6556&lon=-80.4180&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1177A, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1177A) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32R-300 (registry code 7103213, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32r-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32R300
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,300 total, 223 in this make and model, 23 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060610011369I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ^PRIVACY DAT^ ACTED AS PIC IN N1177A. ATTEMPTED TO LOWER THE LANDING GEAR AT (X26). THE PILOT NOTICED THAT THE NOSE GEAR INDICATOR, INDICATED UNSAFE. AFTER NUMEROUS ATTEMPTS IN ACCORDANCE WITH AFM THE PILOT ELECTED TO PROCEED TO VRB, WHERE EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT WAS AVAILABLE. PILOT DECLARED AN AMERGENCY AND COORDINATED A GEAR UP LANDING ON RUNWAY 22 AT VRB. NO INJURIES, AND VERY MINOR DAMAGE WERE THE RESULT OF THIS PILOT'S CALM DISMEANOR AND PRESENCE OF AWARENESS TO UTILIZE ALL THE FACILITIES AVAILABLE TO HIM. THIS INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND REQUIRED INSPECTIONS, OVERLOOKED WORN COMPONENTS. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

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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