# Incident 20080121010899I: Piper PA32R300, Harrisburg, PA, January 21, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 21, 2008, 16:35 local time
- Place: Harrisburg, PA
- Airport: Capital City
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.2171° N, 76.8514° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CAPITAL CITY (CXY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.2171&lon=-76.8514&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1040H, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1040H) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32R-300 (registry code 7103213, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32r-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32R300
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080121010899I

## Narrative

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

(-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 19910406013229I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910406013229I), Apr 6, 1991: Piper PA32R300 (N1040H), Smoketown, PA, Minor damage. Advised soft ground ahead while taxiing on grass. Nose gear collapsed on turn around. Downlock bolt failed.
- [Incident 19800710077539I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800710077539I), Jul 10, 1980: Piper PA32R300 (N1040H), Austin, TX, Minor damage. Turned wrong way after ground taxi clearance. New taxiway, no lights, ran off end of blacktop into gully.

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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