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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-32RT-300T · Omaha, NE · July 28, 2006

Date: July 28, 2006 · 10:30 local
Place: Omaha, NE
Airport: Eppley Airfield
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N7779T
Reported as: Piper PA32RT300T
People aboard: 6
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 2,100 total300 in this make and model300 in the last 90 days

N7779TRegistered now · Piper PA-32RT-300TS/N 32R-7887196 · Built 1978 Airframe modelPiper PA-32RT-300T Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 seriesTurbo-prop

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What happened

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(-23) On July 28, 2006 at 10:30 CDT, the pilot of N7779T, a Piper PA32RT-300T aircraft, serial number 32R-7887196, reported an unsafe landing gear indication to the control tower at Eppley Airfield. The pilot was instructed to fly by the tower to confirm the landing gear position. The tower reported that the nose landing gear was partially retracted. After several attempts to extend the landing gear, the aircraft landed on runway 14L. All three landing gear collapsed on landing. The aircraft was evacuated. The pilot reported no injuries. Subsequent inspection of the aircraft disclosed the landing gear could not be extended normally due to a lack of hydraulic fluid. The left main landing gear actuator leak depleted the system of fluid. Maintenance personnel at landmark aviation will submit a m or d report for the actuator.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON JULY 28, 2006 AT 10:30 CDT, THE PILOT OF N7779T, A PIPER PA32RT-300T AIRCRAFT, SERIAL NUMBER 32R-7887196, REPORTED AN UNSAFE LANDING GEAR INDICATION TO THE CONTROL TOWER AT EPPLEY AIRFIELD. THE PILOT WAS INSTRUCTED TO FLY BY THE TOWER TO CONFIRM THE LANDING GEAR POSITION. THE TOWER REPORTED THAT THE NOSE LANDING GEAR WAS PARTIALLY RETRACTED. AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR, THE AIRCRAFT LANDED ON RUNWAY 14L. ALL THREE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED ON LANDING. THE AIRCRAFT WAS EVACUATED. THE PILOT REPORTED NO INJURIES. SUBSEQUENT INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT DISCLOSED THE LANDING GEAR COULD NOT BE EXTENDED NORMALLY DUE TO A LACK OF HYDRAULIC FLUID. THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR ACTUATOR LEAK DEPLETED THE SYSTEM OF FLUID. MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL AT LANDMARK AVIATION WILL SUBMIT A M OR D REPORT FOR THE ACTUATOR.