# Incident 20080621840349I: Piper PA32R301T, Centerville, IA, June 21, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 21, 2008, 17:50 local time
- Place: Centerville, IA
- Airport: Centerville Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.6844° N, 92.9010° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CENTERVILLE MUNI (TVK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.6844&lon=-92.9010&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8424A, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8424A) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32R-301T (registry code 7103220, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32r-301t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32R301T
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 250 total, 70 in this make and model, 32 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080621840349I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

- [Incident 20240826016059I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240826016059I), Aug 26, 2024: Piper PA-32R-301T (N8424A), Peachtree City, GA, Minor damage. The pilot reports that on approach to runaway 13 at kffc, the landing-gear would not extend. The pilot performed an emergency extension and on landing the nose…
- [Incident 19900311012449I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900311012449I), Mar 11, 1990: Piper PA32R301T (N8424A), Las Vegas, NV, Minor damage. Nose baggage door opened on lift off. Assumed landing attitude and landed gear up on runway. No malfunction 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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