# Incident 20060610022789I: Piper PA28201T, Lansing, MI, June 10, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 10, 2006, 20:00 local time
- Place: Lansing, MI
- Airport: Capital City
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.7325° N, 84.5555° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lansing, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.7325&lon=-84.5555&mi=10
- Aircraft: N23LE, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N23LE) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28RT-201T (registry code 7102817, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28rt-201t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-360 series (registry code 17019, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28201T
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,609 total, 1,350 in this make and model, 24 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060610022789I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JUNE 10, 2006 APPROXIMATELY 2000Z AT LANSING CAPITAL CITY AIRPORT THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS THE PILOT IN COMMAND OF PIPER PA-28, N23LE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS INBOUND TO TEW WHEN A PROBLEM WAS DISCOVERED IN EXTENDING THE LANDING GEAR. THE NOSE GEAR WOULD NOT EXTEND WHILE THE MAIN GEAR FUNCTIONED NORMALLY. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DAT^ DECLARED AN EMERGENCY DUE TO THE INABILITY TO EXTEND THE NOSE GEAR OF THE AIRCRAFT AND DIVERTED TO KLAN. DURING THE LANDING WITH THE NOSE GEAR RETRACTED, THE AIRCRAFT SKIDDED TO A HALT DAMAGING THE ENGINE, PROPELLER AND NOSE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS EVACUATED WITH NO INJURIES. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DAT^ NOTIFIED OUR OFFICE THAT HE BELIEVED HE MAY HAVE INADVERTENTLY DAMAGED THE NOSE GEAR WHILE TOWING THE AIRCRAFT FROM THE HANGAR. A MECHANIC VERIFIED THE GEAR WAS JAMMED DUE TO A BROKEN SHIMMY DAMPENER MOUNT.

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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