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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-32R-300 · Harrisburg, PA · January 21, 2008

Date: January 21, 2008 · 16:35 local
Place: Harrisburg, PA
Airport: Capital City
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N1040H
Reported as: Piper PA32R300
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0

N1040HRegistered now · Piper PA-32R-300S/N 32R-7780124 · Built 1976 Airframe modelPiper PA-32R-300

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) During preparation for landing, the nose landing gear (NLG) did not fully extend. The main landing gear operated normally. The aircraft landed with the NLG partially extended. After recovery of the aircraft it was determined the nose landing gear spring arm bracket entangled the alternate induction air cable, located at the top of the nose wheel well. When the NLG caught the cable, the gear assembly could not fully extend.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) DURING PREPARATION FOR LANDING, THE NOSE LANDING GEAR (NLG) DID NOT FULLY EXTEND. THE MAIN LANDING GEAR OPERATED NORMALLY. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITH THE NLG PARTIALLY EXTENDED. AFTER RECOVERY OF THE AIRCRAFT IT WAS DETERMINED THE NOSE LANDING GEAR SPRING ARM BRACKET ENTANGLED THE ALTERNATE INDUCTION AIR CABLE, LOCATED AT THE TOP OF THE NOSE WHEEL WELL. WHEN THE NLG CAUGHT THE CABLE, THE GEAR ASSEMBLY COULD NOT FULLY EXTEND.

Other reports on N1040H · 2

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

Incident 19910406013229IGround Taxi, Other Airplane · Smoketown, PAAdvised soft ground ahead while taxiing on grass. Nose gear collapsed on turn around. Downlock bolt failed.Apr 6, 1991 · Minor damage Incident 19800710077539IGround Taxi, Other Airplane · Austin, TXTurned wrong way after ground taxi clearance. New taxiway, no lights, ran off end of blacktop into gully.Jul 10, 1980 · Minor damage