# Incident 20061124025159I: Piper PA60601P, Franklin, PA, November 24, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 24, 2006, 15:30 local time
- Place: Franklin, PA
- Airport: Chess-Lamberton
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.3830° N, 79.8321° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Franklin, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3830&lon=-79.8321&mi=10
- Aircraft: N22CH, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N22CH-2018-01-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper AEROSTAR 601P (registry code 7106012, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-aerostar-601p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA60601P
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,400 total, 1,500 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20061124025159I

## Narrative

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

(-23) UPON LANDING, THE NOSE LANDING GEAR (NLG) WAS STILL IN THE RETRACTED POSITION. ALL INDICATIONS WERE DOWN AND LOCKED. WHILE INVESTIGATING THE INCIDENT, THE NLG DRAG BRACE WAS FOUND TO HAVE BROKEN AT THE UPPER ATTACHMENT POINT (LUG) ON THE NLG ACTUATOR, PREVENTING THE NLG FROM EXTENDING. THE DOWNLOCK INDICATOR WAS INDICATING DOWN AND LOCKED.

## Other reports on N22CH (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20131105021279I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20131105021279I), Nov 5, 2013: Piper AEROSTAR 601P (N22CH), Williamsport, PA, Minor damage. Departed little rock, ar (klit) on IFR flight plan to Williamsport, PA (kipt). Approx. 2 hours into flight the right (#2) engine lost power. Pilot shutdown…

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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