# Incident 20080516834979I: Piper PA23250, Ft Lauderdale, FL, May 16, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 16, 2008, 17:26 local time
- Place: Ft Lauderdale, FL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: E6BA
- Location: 26.1223° N, 80.1434° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fort Lauderdale, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.1223&lon=-80.1434&mi=10
- Aircraft: N63977, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N63977) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-250 (registry code 7102308, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23250
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 944 total, 100 in this make and model, 140 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080516834979I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MAY 16, 2008, N63977 NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED DURING LANDING, RESULTING IN DAMAGE TO BOTH ENGINE PROPELLERS AND THE LEFT WING LEADING EDGE.  THE PIC STATED THAT PRIOR TO LANDING HE VERIFIED THAT ALL THREE LANDING GEAR POSTION LIGHT WERE ILLUMINATED GREEN INDICATING THAT THE GEARS WERE DOWN AND LOCKED.  MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL INSPECTED THE NOSE GEAR COMPONENTS AND SURROUNDING STRUCTURE; THERE WERE NO SIGNS OF DAMAGE.  AN EXTENSION AND RETRACTION CHECK OF THE LANDING GEAR SYSTEM WAS CONDUCTED USING HYDRAULIC PRESSURE FOLLOWED BY AN EMERGENCY EXTENSION CHECK USING THE EMERGENCY MANUAL EXTENSION PROCEDURE.  THE RESULTS OF BOTH TEST CONDUCTED WERE SATISFACTORY.  THE INVESTIGATON COULD NOT DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE NOSER GEAR COLLAPSE.  BASED UPON THE FACTS THAT THE NOSE GEAR OPERATED NORMALLY DURING THE FUNCTIONAL TEST CONDUCTED AND THE STATEMENT FROM THE PILOT THAT HE HAD THREE GREEN LIGHTS AND VERIFIED IN THE MIRROR ON THE LEFT ENGINE NACELLE THAT THE NOSE WHEEL WAS DOWN.  I RECOMMEND NO FURTHER INVESTIGATION IS REQUIRED;THIS SUSPENSE WILL BE AMENDED SHOULD MAINTENANCE COME UP WITH ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION THAT IS RELEVANT TO THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSE.

## Other reports on N63977 (3)

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

- [Incident 20200601007319I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200601007319I), Jun 1, 2020: Piper PA-23-250 (N63977), Sanford, ME, Minor damage. Nose landing gear collapsed on roll out after landing, resulting in the incident. This was followed by right main collapsing after the nose was raised to…
- [Incident 19900911045729I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900911045729I), Sep 11, 1990: Piper PA23250 (N63977), Middletown, PA. Left engine started to smoke on climb. Returned. Left engine was blowing oil from the exhaust.
- [Incident 19900731048039I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900731048039I), Jul 31, 1990: Piper PA23250 (N63977), Lancaster, PA, Minor damage. Almost landed gear up. Go-around made as propeller struck runway. Landed safely on second try.

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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