# Incident 20060728017469I: Piper PA32RT300T, Omaha, NE, July 28, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 28, 2006, 10:30 local time
- Place: Omaha, NE
- Airport: Eppley Airfield
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.3032° N, 95.8941° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at EPPLEY AIRFIELD (OMA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3032&lon=-95.8941&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7779T, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7779T) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32RT-300T (registry code 7103216, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32rt-300t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32RT300T
- People aboard: 6
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,100 total, 300 in this make and model, 300 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060728017469I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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