# Incident 20080727849539I: Piper PA24250, Watertown, WI, July 27, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 27, 2008, 13:00 local time
- Place: Watertown, WI
- Airport: Watertown Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.1696° N, 88.7232° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WATERTOWN MUNI (RYV), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.1696&lon=-88.7232&mi=10
- Aircraft: N397PC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N397PC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-250 (registry code 7102404, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24250
- Reported engine: LYC O540*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 425 total, 175 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080727849539I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JULY 26, 2008, N397PC A PIPER COMMANCHE AIRCRAFT PILOTED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ HAD A LANDING GEAR PROBLEM WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LAND AT THE WATERTOWN, WI. AIRPORT.  ON JULY 27, 2008 ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AND A COMMANCHE GEAR REPRESENTIVE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WHO IS AN A&P MECHANIC LOOKED AT THE GEAR BOX AND MADE AN ADJUSTMENT.  WHILE TAXIING FOR TAKEOFF THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ THINKS HE SHUT THE POWER OFF TO EARLY AND DID NOT LET THE NOSE WHEEL LOCK INTO PLACE.

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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