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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-32R-301T · Centerville, IA · June 21, 2008

Date
June 21, 2008 · 17:50 local
Place
Centerville, IA
Airport
Centerville Municipal
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N8424A
Reported as
Piper PA32R301T
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
250 total70 in this make and model32 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) Pilot selected the landing gear down during the approach to runway 34 and aircraft landed without the landing gear extended. Follow-up investigation found that the nose gear centering mechanism had failed and the nose landing gear assembly was lodged in the wheel well.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PILOT SELECTED THE LANDING GEAR DOWN DURING THE APPROACH TO RUNWAY 34 AND AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT THE LANDING GEAR EXTENDED. FOLLOW-UP INVESTIGATION FOUND THAT THE NOSE GEAR CENTERING MECHANISM HAD FAILED AND THE NOSE LANDING GEAR ASSEMBLY WAS LODGED IN THE WHEEL WELL.

Other reports on N8424A · 2

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