# Incident 20080602835089I: Piper PA28R201, Orlando, FL, June 2, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 2, 2008, 17:00 local time
- Place: Orlando, FL
- Airport: Orlando Sanford International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.7772° N, 81.2349° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ORLANDO SANFORD INTL (SFB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.7772&lon=-81.2349&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2927Q, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2927Q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-201 (registry code 7102816, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-201) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R201
- Reported engine: LYC IO360C1C6
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,250 total, 169 in this make and model, 246 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080602835089I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE INNER SPRING FOR THE NOSE GEAR DRAG LINK FAILED DURING LANDING GEAR EXTENSION.  THE BROKEN SPRING BLOCKED THE GEAR EXTENSION AND PREVENTED EMERGENCY GEAR FREE FALL INTO DOWNLOCK.  THE LANDING THAT TOOK PLACE ON THE MAINS AND WITH THE NOSE GEAR NOT LOCKED DOWN RESULTED IN MOSTLY ENGNE AND PROP DAMAGE.

## Other reports on N2927Q (4)

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

- [Incident 20180312002329I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180312002329I), Mar 12, 2018: Piper PA-28R-201 (N2927Q), Gaithersburg, MD, Minor damage. The student and instructor remained in the traffic pattern due to threat of possible approaching bad weather. They had done several landings of various types…
- [Incident 20030810019229I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030810019229I), Aug 10, 2003: Piper PA28R201 (N2927Q), Orlando, FL, Minor damage. (-23) Subject aircraft was in the traffic pattern for runway 27L @ sfb. On the third or fourth approach the CFI instructor and the CFI student failed to extend…
- [Incident 19920614024249I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920614024249I), Jun 14, 1992: Piper PA28R201 (N2927Q), Ithaca, NY, Minor damage. Pilot landed with the gear retracted.
- [Incident 19920229009749I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920229009749I), Feb 29, 1992: Piper PA28R201 (N2927Q), Ithaca, NY. Power failure inflight. Landed off airport. No maintenance discrepanciies found.

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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