# Incident 20090114001099I: Piper PA44180, Grand Forks, ND, January 14, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 14, 2009, 08:45 local time
- Place: Grand Forks, ND
- Airport: Grand Forks International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Location: 47.9479° N, 97.1757° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GRAND FORKS INTL (GFK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.9479&lon=-97.1757&mi=10
- Aircraft: N298ND, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N298ND) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-44-180 (registry code 7104402, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-44-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O-360 series (registry code 41575, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA44180
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other 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/20090114001099I

## Narrative

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

(-23) UPON GEAR EXTENSION, CREW DID NOT RECEIVE A GEAR DOWN AND LOCKED INDICATION.  NOSE GEAR WAS NOT VISIBLE IN WITNESS MIRROR OR OBSERVED DOWN AND LOCKED BY GROUND PERSONNEL DURING INTENTIONAL LOW PASS.  AIRCRAFT LANDED WITH NOSE GEAR IN RETRACTED POSITION.  UPON RECOVERY AND INSPECTION BY MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL, IT WAS FOUND THAT NOSE GEAR DOWN LOCK PIVOT BOLT HAD BROKEN AND MIGRATED OUT OF POSITION, RESTRICTING MOVEMENT OF THE NOSE GEAR ACTUATOR.

## Other reports on N298ND (1)

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

- [Incident 20240515021659I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240515021659I), May 15, 2024: Piper PA-44-180 (N298ND), West Chicago, IL, Minor damage. Pilot instructor and student departed Dupage Airport (kdpa) enroute to practice area to perform maneuvers. During maneuvers they encountered a landing gear…

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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