# Incident 20080702847659I: Cessna 340A, Goshen, IN, July 2, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 2, 2008, 20:21 local time
- Place: Goshen, IN
- Airport: Goshen Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.5261° N, 85.7943° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GOSHEN MUNI (GSH), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5261&lon=-85.7943&mi=10
- Aircraft: N60PP, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N60PP) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 340A (registry code 2076405, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-340a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 340A
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520*
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080702847659I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT ENROUTE TO ELKART, IN FROM PDK AIRPORT IN ATLANTA, GA.  DIVERTED TO GOSHEN, IN DUE TO THUNDERSTORMS AT ELKHART.  PILOT STATED HE HEARD SOMETHING BREAK WHEN LANDING GEAR LOWERED.  PILOT STATED HE HAD SAFE INDICATION FOR MAIN GEAR AND AN UNSAFE INDICATION FOR NOSE GEAR.  PILOT WAS UNABLE TO RESOLVE PROBLEM USING THE EMERGENCY PROCEDURES CHECK-LIST.  PROCEEDED TO APPROACH AND LAND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE NOSE GEAR INOP CHECKLIST.  BRIEFED PASSENGERS FOR POSSIBLE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSE ON LANDING.  HELD NOSE OFF AS LONG AS POSSIBLE AFTER TOUCHDOWN.  WHEN NOSE WHEEL TOUCHED THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED AND AIRPLANE SLIDE TO A STOP IN A VERY SHORT DISTANCE.  PILOT AND PASSENGERS EVACUATED AIRCRAFT.  THERE WERE NO INJURIES.

## Other reports on N60PP (1)

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

- [Accident 20040709015609A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040709015609A), Jul 9, 2004: Cessna 340A (N60PP), Mason City, IA, Substantial damage. (-23) Pilot reported that the right engine was losing oil pressure, and then on final approach to mcw the oil pressure was 0 so he shut the engine down. A hard…

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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