# Incident 20070531011419I: Piper PA28R200, Monroe, NC, May 31, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 31, 2007, 17:45 local time
- Place: Monroe, NC
- Airport: Monroe Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.9854° N, 80.5495° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Monroe, NC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.9854&lon=-80.5495&mi=10
- Aircraft: N56066, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N56066) (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
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,180 total, 50 in this make and model, 11 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070531011419I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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