# Incident 20080510835829I: Piper PA28R201T, Minden, NV, May 10, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 10, 2008, 15:25 local time
- Place: Minden, NV
- Airport: Minden-Tahoe
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.0005° N, 119.7511° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MINDEN-TAHOE (MEV), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0005&lon=-119.7511&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9581C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9581C-2009-09-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-201T (registry code 7102813, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-201t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-360 series (registry code 17019, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R201T
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 260 total, 200 in this make and model, 24 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080510835829I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT SLOWED FOR LANDING AND DEPLOYED THE GEAR. A SAFE CONDITION WAS INDICATED FOR THE MAINS, BUT NOT FOR THE NOSE. THE GEAR WAS CYCLED; HOWEVER, AGAIN, NO SAFE NOSE INDICATION. AN EMERGENCY GEAR DEPLOYMENT WAS ATTEMPTED BUT STILL, NO GREEN NOSE LIGHT. THE PILOT ASSUMED THAT DUE TO PREVIOUS PROBLEMS WITH THE LANDING GEAR INDICATOR LIGHTS THAT THE NOSE GEAR HAD PROBABLY DEPLOYED AND CONTINUED THE LANDING. IMMEDIATELY AFTER TOUCH-DOWN, THE NOSE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED.

## Other reports on N9581C (1)

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

- [Accident 20081016852029A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20081016852029A), Oct 16, 2008: Piper PA28R201T (N9581C), Markleeville, CA, Destroyed, 1 fatal. (-23) During a flight from minden/tahoe airport (mev), to camarillo, (cma) the pilot informed oakland center that he was experiencing engine problems and was…

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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