# Incident 20070907019079I: Piper PA28R200, Houston, TX, September 7, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 7, 2007, 15:19 local time
- Place: Houston, TX
- Airport: David Wayne Hooks Memorial
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: V2XS
- Location: 30.0618° N, 95.5528° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DAVID WAYNE HOOKS MEML (DWH), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.0618&lon=-95.5528&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3761F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3761F-2023-09-16) (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
- Reported engine: LYC IO360LYC*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 520 total, 64 in this make and model, 146 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070907019079I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AFTER A LOCAL MAINTENANCE CHECK FLIGHT OF APPROXIMATELY ONE HOUR, ON FINAL APPROACH, THE PILOT SELECTED THE GEAR TO THE DOWN POSITION. THE INDICATION SHOWED THE MAIN GEAR DOWN AND LOCKED, BUT THE NOSE GEAR HAD AN UNSAFE/IN TRANSIT INDICATION. AFTER MULTIPLE CYCLES AND FLIGHT MANEUVERS IN AN ATTEMPT TO FREE THE GEAR, THE ACFT LANDED NOSE GEAR UP ON RUNWAY 17R. PRIOR TO REMOVAL OF THE AIRCRAFT, THE "ALTERNATE AIR" CABLE WAS FOUND WRAPPED AROUND THE NOSE LANDING GEAR, PREVENTING EXTENSION OF THE NOSE LANDING GEAR.

## Other reports on N3761F (3)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20220327004409I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220327004409I), Mar 27, 2022: Piper PA-28R-200 (N3761F), Modesto, CA, Minor damage. Instructor pilot was performing a check out of another instructor pilot for this make and model of aircraft doing touch and goes at mod. Pilots performed three…
- [Incident 20070627011949I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070627011949I), Jun 27, 2007: Piper PA28R200 (N3761F), Houston, TX, Minor damage. (-23) Pilot and DPE reported that the aircraft warning horn became inoperative during test. Also stated that the nav lights were on (which dims all panel…
- [Incident 19830102007259I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830102007259I), Jan 2, 1983: Piper PA28R200 (N3761F), Caldwell, ID. Due to weather pilot landed on highway instead of the airport he thought he had in sight. He was 3 miles east.

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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