20070330007139I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-34-200 · Tucson, AZ · March 30, 2007

Date
March 30, 2007 · 15:30 local
Place
Tucson, AZ
Airport
Ryan Field Airport
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Operator
I6ZS
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N56040
Reported as
Piper PA34200
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,300 total800 in this make and model100 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) On March 30, 2007, 2230 UTC, Ryan field (ryn), Tucson, AZ, during landing phase, nose landing gear failed to extend. PIC declared emergency and landed aircraft in a gear up configuration, sustaining minor damage to the nose of the aircraft. No injuries reported to the four occupants on board at the time of the incident.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON MARCH 30, 2007, 2230 UTC, RYAN FIELD (RYN), TUCSON, AZ, DURING LANDING PHASE, NOSE LANDING GEAR FAILED TO EXTEND. PIC DECLARED EMERGENCY AND LANDED AIRCRAFT IN A GEAR UP CONFIGURATION, SUSTAINING MINOR DAMAGE TO THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT. NO INJURIES REPORTED TO THE FOUR OCCUPANTS ON BOARD AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT.