# Incident 20070830825379I: Piper PA23, Chicago/Aurora, IL, August 30, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 30, 2007, 13:01 local time
- Place: Chicago/Aurora, IL
- Airport: Aurora Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.7719° N, 88.4757° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at AURORA MUNI (ARR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.7719&lon=-88.4757&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3013P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3013P-2017-10-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23 (registry code 7102302, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23
- Reported engine: LYC O320B3B
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 874 total, 310 in this make and model, 19 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070830825379I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED HE TOOK OFF FROM RUNWAY 36 AT KARR. AT ABOUT 2100 FEET MSL AND 5 MILES NORTH OF KARR THE LEFT ENGINE WAS RUNNING ROUGH AND THE RPM'S STARTED TO DECREASE. THE PILOT DECIDED TO SHUT THE ENGINE DOWN AS A PRECAUTION. HE DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND MADE A LEFT TURN TOWARDS KARR. HE GRADUALLY DESCENDED TOWARDS RUNWAY 18 AT KARR WHERE HE PUT THE GEAR LEVER IN THE DOWN POSITION AT ABOUT 500 FEET AGL AT ABOUT 1/2 MILE FROM RUNWAY. HE DID NOT PUMP THE GEAR DOWN WITH THE PUMP LEVER BECAUSE HE FELT THAT HE DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH TIME AND WAS CONCERNED ABOUT LANDING THE AIRCRAFT SAFELY (HE THOUGHT IT WOULD TAKE 12-14 PUMPS). UPON LANDING THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT NOSE AREA AND RH. LH PROPELLER WAS ALSO DAMAGED SLIGHTLY.

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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