# Incident 20070103000639I: Piper PA28R200, Danbury, CT, January 3, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 3, 2007, 08:58 local time
- Place: Danbury, CT
- Airport: Danbury Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.3715° N, 73.4822° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DANBURY MUNI (DXR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3715&lon=-73.4822&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4432F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4432F-2020-05-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-200 (registry code 7102811, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R200
- Reported engine: LYC IO360C1C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 13,000 total, 50 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070103000639I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT EXPERIENCED AN UNCOMMANDED GEAR EXTENSION DURING FLIGHT. TWO MAIN GEAR INDICATED DOWN AND GREEN WITH THE NOSE GEAR INDICATING INTRANSIT (UNSAFE). PILOT RETURNED TO DXR AND LANDED RUNWAY 08. UPON TOUCHDOWN, NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND ONLY MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT SHUT ENGINE DOWN PRIOR TO TOUCHDOWN AND SHUT OFF FUEL SUPPLY.

## Other reports on N4432F (1)

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

- [Incident 19920226012689I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920226012689I), Feb 26, 1992: Piper PA28R200 (N4432F), Miami, FL, Minor damage. Unable to retract nose gear. Had both mains down. Landed. Nose gear and prop damaged. Push rod malfunctioned.

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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