# Incident 20080511842399I: Socata TB20TRINIDAD, Lancaster, PA, May 11, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 11, 2008, 13:41 local time
- Place: Lancaster, PA
- Airport: Lancaster
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.1224° N, 76.2944° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LANCASTER (LNS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1224&lon=-76.2944&mi=10
- Aircraft: N41PW, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N41PW) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Socata TB-20 TRINIDAD (registry code 8680695, https://openairdocs.org/model/socata-tb-20-trinidad) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SOCATA TB20TRINIDAD
- Reported engine: LYC IO540*
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,009 total, 600 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080511842399I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MAY 11, 2008, THE PILOT OF TRINIDAD N41PW ATTEMPTED TO LOWER THE LANDING GEAR FOR LANDING AT LANCASTER AIRPORT.  THE PILOT NOTICED THAT THE INDICATING SYSTEM REVEALED THAT THE NOSE GEAR DID NOT LOCK IN THE DOWN POSITION.  AFTER COMMUNICATING WITH ATC AND EXECUTING THE EMERGENCY AND ALTERNATE GEAR EXTENTION PROCEDURES PROPERLY, THE AIRCRAFT WAS CLEARED TO LAND WITH EMERGENCY PERSONNEL ALERTED.  THE AIRCRAFT LANDED ON THE MAIN WHEELS, AND SETTLED TO THE RUNWAY, WITHOUT BENEFIT OF THE NOSE GEAR BEING FULLY EXTENDED AND LOCKED.  A DEFECTIVE LANDING GEAR POWER PACK WAS DETERMINED TO BE THE CAUSE OF THE INCIDENT.

## Other reports on N41PW (1)

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

- [Incident 19880711044479I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880711044479I), Jul 11, 1988: Socata TB20TRINIDAD (N41PW), Harrisburg, PA, Minor damage. Lost electrical power en route. Diverted, landed safely. Found battery shorted and dead with warped plates.

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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