# Incident 20081115854009I: Piper PA44180T, Prescott, AZ, November 15, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 15, 2008, 14:46 local time
- Place: Prescott, AZ
- Airport: Ernest A. Love Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.5400° N, 112.4685° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Prescott, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.5400&lon=-112.4685&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8154H (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA44180T
- Reported engine: LYCOMI TO360
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,500 total, 100 in this make and model, 300 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20081115854009I

## Narrative

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

(-23) DURING A ROUTINE PILOT CHECK-OUT IN THE TYPE, THE TWO PILOTS WERE IN THEIR LAST CIRCUIT OF THE PATTERN IN PREPARATION FOR LANDING.  AFTER LOWERING THE LANDING GEAR BOTH PILOTS VERIFIED 3 GREEN/0 RED PANEL INDICATIONS, AND VISUALLY OBSERVED THE NOSE GEAR DOWN AND APPARENTLY LOCKED IN THE MIRROR ON THE ENGINE NACELLE.  THIS VERIFICATION WAS CONDUCTED AGAIN BY BOTH PILOTS DURING FINAL.  THE LANDING TOUCH-DOWN WAS ACCOMPLISHED ON THE MAINS UNEVENTFULLY.  THE NOSE GEAR THEN TOUCHED DOWN, AND SHORTLY INTO THE LANDING ROLL-OUT IT COLLAPSED.  THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT CONTACTED THE GROUND AND SLID ON THE CENTER LINE OF RUNWAY 3R, EVENTUALLY COMING TO A STOP JUST AFTER THE DELTA 3 TAXIWAY.  THE PILOTS SHUT THE AIRCRAFT DOWN, EXITED THE AIRCRAFT, AND NOTED THE FIRE TRUCKS ARRIVING.  THERE WAS NO SMOKE/FIRE OR INJURIES TO EITHER PILOT.  WHILE THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING REMOVED FROM THE RUNWAY A MAINTENANCE TECHNICIAN FOUND THE NOSE GEAR RETRACTION SHEAR/PIVOT BOLT WAS MISSING AND BROKEN IN HALF UNDER THE NOSE GEAR AS THEY LIFTED UP THE AIRCRAFT.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS THEN TAKEN TO GRANITE MOUNTAIN AVIATION, LLC, A LOCAL FBO AN PRC.

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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