# Accident 20061002026989A: Piper PA23250, Marshall, MN, October 2, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 2, 2006, 16:05 local time
- Place: Marshall, MN
- Airport: Marshall Municipal-Ryan Field Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.4506° N, 95.8250° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.4506&lon=-95.8250&mi=10
- Aircraft: N71TA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N71TA-2017-07-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-250 (registry code 7102308, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23250
- Reported engine: LYC IO540C4B5
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,400 total, 73 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI07LA002](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI07LA002) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20061002026989A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT IN COMMAND ^PRIVACY D^ WAS PROVIDING INSTRUCTION TO NEW AIRCRAFT OWNER, ^PRIVA^. ^PRIVACY D^ WAS NOT RATED IN AIRCRAFT. ON THE FOURTH LANDING GEAR EXTENSION THE NOSE GEAR WOULD NOT EXTEND. BOTH MAIN GEAR INDICATED GREEN. PILOT FLEW FROM MADISON, SD AREA TO MARSHALL, MN. A FLY BY WAS CONDUCTED AND EXPERIENCED GROUND PERSONNEL OBSERVED NOSE GEAR MOSTLY IN WELL. NOSE GEAR DOORS WERE OPEN FULLY. TIRE DID APPEAR COCKED. EMERGENCY GEAR SYSTEM AND BLOW DOWN BOTTLE WAS USED. AIRCRAFT LANDED IN GRASS ADJACENT TO RUNWAY 12 AT 1605 LOCAL TIME. NO FIRE. NO ELT. NO INJURIES. NTSB IS CONSULTING WITH PIPER AIRCRAFT FOR TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE. THIS REPORT WILL BE AMENDED IF NECESSARY. THIS MATTER CLOSED.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CHI07LA002](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI07LA002), Oct 2, 2006: Piper PA-23-250 (N71TA), Marshall, MN, substantial damage. Probable cause: The failure of the nose gear to properly extend for undetermined reasons, which resulted in damage to the forward fuselage during landing.

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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