# Incident 20080904855769I: Piper PA34200, Daytona Beach, FL, September 4, 2008 - Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: September 4, 2008, 20:30 local time - Place: Daytona Beach, FL - Airport: Daytona Beach International - Damage: Substantial damage - Phase of flight: Maneuver - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - Operator: IHMS - Location: 29.1799° N, 81.0580° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DAYTONA BEACH INTL (DAB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.1799&lon=-81.0580&mi=10 - Aircraft: N767PE, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N767PE) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry model: Piper PA-34-200 (registry code 7103405, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: PIPER PA34200 - People aboard: 2 - Fatal injuries: 0 - Pilot flight hours: 816 total, 160 in this make and model, 251 in the last 90 days - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080904855769I ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. (-23) ON SEPTEMBER 4, 2008, WHILE PERFORMING DUAL FLIGHT TRAINING THE PILOT LOWERED THE LANDING GEAR IN FLIGHT TO PERFORM SLOW FLIGHT TRAINING. THE PILOT NOTICED A RED UNSAFE LIGHT AND NO GREEN NOSE LANDING GEAR INDICATION. THE PILOT ATTEMPTED SEVERAL GEAR EXTENSIONS AND RETRACTIONS WITH THE SAME RESULTS. THE PILOT ATTEMPTED SEVERAL FLIGHT MANEUVERS TO GET THE NOSE LANDING TO RELEASE BUT IT DID NOT. THE PILOT THEN VERIFIED WITH THE DAB TOWER THAT THE LANDING GEAR WAS IN FACT STILL UP AS HE CONFIRMED THROUGH HIS VISUAL AID AS WELL. THE PILOT THEN PROCEEDED TO BURN OFF FUEL AND THEN LANDED ON THE TWO MAIN LANDING GEAR AND THEN SLOWLY LOWERED THE NOSE AS THE AIRSPEED BLED OFF. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR OR STUDENT. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRFRAME, AND THE PROPELLER'S SUSTAINED DAMAGE FROM STRIKING THE GROUND AS THE NOSE WAS LOWERED. THIS INCIDENT OCCURRED ON SEPTEMBER 4, 2008 AT THE DAYTONA BEACH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, DAYTONA FLORIDA. A GEAR SWING AFTER THE AIRCRAFT WAS REMOVED FROM THE RUNWAY PRODUCED NO OBVIOUS INDICATIONS OF A MECHANICAL FAILURE. GEAR SWING NORMAL AS WELL AS THE EMERGENCY EXTENSION PROCESS. MAINTENANCE FACILITY TO TROUBLESHOOT FURTHER. ## Other reports on N767PE (3) Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date. - [Incident 20240126000459I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240126000459I), Jan 26, 2024: Piper PA-34-200 (N767PE), Palm Coast, FL, Minor damage. During preflight aircraft was found airworthy with no defects noted. The brakes operated normally during the taxi. Flight was conducted without issue. During… - [Incident 20130717015829I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130717015829I), Jul 17, 2013: Piper PA-34-200 (N767PE), Palm Coast, FL, Minor damage. During a VMC demonstration flight at approximately 5000 feet, 10 NM NE of Flagler County Airport, the aircrafts rudder began to oscillate. No emergency was… - [Incident 20130201002519I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130201002519I), Feb 1, 2013: Piper PA-34-200 (N767PE), Evb, FL, No damage. Flight was scheduled for a cross country flight to fort pierce (kfpr). Upon leveling off at 3000 feet the pilots visually identified smoke in the cockpit and… 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.