# Incident 20070330007139I: Piper PA34200, Tucson, AZ, March 30, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 30, 2007, 15:30 local time
- Place: Tucson, AZ
- Airport: Ryan Field Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: I6ZS
- Location: 32.1422° N, 111.1746° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at RYAN FLD (RYN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.1422&lon=-111.1746&mi=10
- Aircraft: N56040, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N56040-2013-01-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-200 (registry code 7103405, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA34200
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,300 total, 800 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070330007139I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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