# Incident 20060707020699I: Cessna 425, Bristol-Johnson, TN, July 7, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 7, 2006, 13:00 local time
- Place: Bristol-Johnson, TN
- Airport: Tri-City Regional Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.5951° N, 82.1887° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bristol, TN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.5951&lon=-82.1887&mi=10
- Aircraft: N425PC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N425PC-2019-06-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 425 (registry code 2076018, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-425) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PT6A series (registry code 52032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pt6a-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 425
- Reported engine: PWA PT6A135
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,000 total, 3,000 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060707020699I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT N425PC WAS IN MYRTLE BEACH SOUTH CAROLINA IN THE HANGAR, THE OWNER HAD THE FBO POSITION THE AIRCRAFT AT THE TERMINAL FOR DEPARTURE. THE FBO HAD TOWED THE AIRCRAFT FROM THE HANGAR TO THE TERMINAL WITH A TOW LOW TYPE TUG. WHEN THE TUG IS UNDER THE NOSE GEAR TIRES A CARGO TYPE STRAP IS PUT AROUND THE NOSE GEAR STRUT PISTON AND SECURED TO THE TUG. THIS A/C THE STRAP WAS SECURED TO THE NOSE GEAR SCISSORS, INSTEAD OF BEING WRAPPED AROUND THE STRUT. THE END RESULT WAS THE UPPER NOSE GEAR SCISSOR LINK BOLTS WERE BROKEN. AFTER THE PILOT MADE THE TAKEOFF HE RAISED THE GEAR, THE MAINS LOCKED AND GEAR LIGHT WAS OUT, THE PILOT NOTICED THE NOSE GEAR LIGHT WAS NOT OUT. THE PILOT TRIED TO RECYCLE THE GEAR, BUT WAS UNABLE TO GET THE NOSE GEAR DOWN OR GET RID OF THE NOSE GEAR LIGHT. HE DECIDED TO FLY THE AIRCRAFT TO TRI-CITIES AIRPORT WHERE HE KNEW HE COULD GET IT FIXED. THE PILOT SAID HE TRIED EVERYTHING TO GET THE GEAR DOWN, BUT THE NOSE GEAR WOULD NOT EXTEND. THE PILOT MADE AN EMERGENCY NOSE GEAR UP LANDING. NOBODY WAS HURT AND MINIMAL DAMAGE TO A/C.

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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