# Incident 20070627012359I: Piper PA23160, College Statio, TX, June 27, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 27, 2007, 12:17 local time
- Place: College Statio, TX
- Airport: Easterwood Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.5880° N, 96.3625° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at EASTERWOOD FLD (CLL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.5880&lon=-96.3625&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4062P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4062P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-160 (registry code 7102304, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-160) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23160
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,500 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070627012359I

## Narrative

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

(-23) WHILE ENROUTE FROM MCKINNEY, TX (TKI) TO NAVASOTA, TX (60R) A PIPER PA-23 APACHE EXPERIENCED A LOSS OF POWER FROM THE LEFT HAND ENGINE. PILOT REPORTED THAT HE NOTICED THE FUEL PRESSURE ON THE LEFT HAND ENGINE WAS LOWER THAN NORMAL, PILOT SWITCHED FUEL TANKS FROM MAIN TO AUX AND TURNED ON THE ELECTRIC FUEL PUMP. NO DIFFERENCE WAS NOTED. PILOT FEATHERED THE PROPELLER AND SHUT DOWN THE LEFT HAND ENGINE. PILOT NOTICED THAT THE RIGHT HAND ENGINE OIL TEMPERATURE WAS NOW CLIMBING. PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY WITH HOUSTON CENTER AND WAS HANDED OFF TO COLLEGE STATION TOWER (CLL). PILOT WAS CLEARED TO LAND ON RUNWAY #16. PILOT WAITED TO LOWER MAIN LANDING GEAR TILL HE WAS ON SHORT FINAL. WHEN PILOT LOWERED THE LANDING GEAR HE NOTICED THAT HE ONLY HAD 2 GREEN LIGHTS, AND THAT THE NOSE WHEEL WAS NOT LOCKED. PILOT ASKED CLL TOWER TO CONFIRM THE LANDING GEAR DOWN. IT WAS REPORTED THAT THEY SAW THE GEAR EXTENDED. PILOT LANDED THE AIRCRAFT ON RUNWAY #16, THE NOSE WHEEL WAS NOT LOCKED AND THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT SETTLED TO THE GROUND. RIGHT HAND ENGINE PROPELLER CONTACTED THE RUNWAY. DAMAGE TO LOWER NOSE OF AIRCRAFT, NOSE WHEEL DOORS AND RIGHT HAND ENGINE PROPELLER.

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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