20070531011419I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28R-200 · Monroe, NC · May 31, 2007

Date: May 31, 2007 · 17:45 local
Place: Monroe, NC
Airport: Monroe Regional
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N56066
Reported as: Piper PA28R200
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,180 total50 in this make and model11 in the last 90 days

N56066Registered now · Piper PA-28R-200S/N 28R-7335346 · Built 1973 Airframe modelPiper PA-28R-200 Engine modelLycoming I0360 seriesReciprocating

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) privacy data omitted flight instructor stated: while giving flight instruction to a student, practicing "power off landings", the nose gear collapsed. Both instructor pilot and student indicated they had three green lights indicating the mains and nose gear were down and locked. On landing roll the nose gear collapsed and the airplane skidded to a stop. The airplane was moved to a maintenance hangar and placed on jacks. The nose gear was partially extended. After several attempts to get the nose gear down, an emergency extension was attempted. The nose gear extended, and the nose gear aligner guide fell to the floor. Several more retractions and extensions were performed on this airplane. All were good. An m or d form has been filled out about the nose gear aligner guide.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR STATED: WHILE GIVING FLIGHT INSTRUCTION TO A STUDENT, PRACTICING "POWER OFF LANDINGS", THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED. BOTH INSTRUCTOR PILOT AND STUDENT INDICATED THEY HAD THREE GREEN LIGHTS INDICATING THE MAINS AND NOSE GEAR WERE DOWN AND LOCKED. ON LANDING ROLL THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED AND THE AIRPLANE SKIDDED TO A STOP. THE AIRPLANE WAS MOVED TO A MAINTENANCE HANGAR AND PLACED ON JACKS. THE NOSE GEAR WAS PARTIALLY EXTENDED. AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO GET THE NOSE GEAR DOWN, AN EMERGENCY EXTENSION WAS ATTEMPTED. THE NOSE GEAR EXTENDED, AND THE NOSE GEAR ALIGNER GUIDE FELL TO THE FLOOR. SEVERAL MORE RETRACTIONS AND EXTENSIONS WERE PERFORMED ON THIS AIRPLANE. ALL WERE GOOD. AN M OR D FORM HAS BEEN FILLED OUT ABOUT THE NOSE GEAR ALIGNER GUIDE.