# Incident 20080418837349I: Piper PA31310, St Augustine, FL, April 18, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 18, 2008, 11:45 local time
- Place: St Augustine, FL
- Airport: St Augustine
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.9593° N, 81.3397° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ST AUGUSTINE (SGJ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.9593&lon=-81.3397&mi=10
- Aircraft: N13WP, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N13WP-2022-04-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31-310 (registry code 7103102, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31-310) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31310
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,100 total, 32 in this make and model, 13 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080418837349I

## Narrative

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

(-23)  ON APPROACH TO ST. AUGUSTINE AIRPORT PILOT STATED UPON EXTENDING LANDING GEAR THE LEFT MLG DID NOT EXTEND.  PILOT CYCLED GEAR SEVERAL TIMES AS A RESULT OF THIS ACTION BOTH THE NOSE AND LEFT MLG FAILED TO EXTEND.  THE PILOT CIRCLED THE FIELD SEVERAL TIMES BURNING OFF EXCESSIVE FUEL.  AIRCRAFT LANDED ON RUNWAY 13 ON THE RIGHT GEAR ONLY.  AIRCRAFT SETTLED ON THE LEFT WING TIP ON THE RUNWAY.  THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE PERSONS AND DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT WAS LIMITED TO THE LEFT PROPELLERS LEFT WING TIP AND LEFT FLAP.  INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT REVEALED A BURST HYDRAULIC HOSE IN THE RT MLG WHEEL WELL ON THE EXTENSION SIDE OF THE MLG ACTUATOR.

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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