# Incident 20090317001659I: Piper PA46350P, Allentown, PA, March 17, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 17, 2009, 10:45 local time
- Place: Allentown, PA
- Airport: Lehigh Valley International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.6524° N, 75.4404° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LEHIGH VALLEY INTL (ABE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.6524&lon=-75.4404&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9172V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9172V) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA 46-350P (registry code 7104620, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-46-350p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA46350P
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,320 total, 3,100 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090317001659I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT DEPARTED QUEEN CITY AIRPORT (1N9) AND IMMEDIATELY THE PILOT NOTICED THAT THE NOSE GEAR INDICATOR DID NOT SHOW THAT THE GEAR WAS IN THE FULL-UP POSITION.  GEAR DOWN WAS SELECTED BUT THE NOSE GEAR INDICATOR DID NOT SHOW A DOWN AND LOCKED INDICATION.  THE PILOT FLEW OFF SOME FUEL AND THEN ELECTED TO LAND AT ALLENTOWN AIRPORT (ABE).  UPON TOUCH DOWN ON RUNWAY 6 AT ABE, THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED AND THE PROPELLER STRUCK THE RUNWAY.  THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP WITH NO FURTHER COMPLICATIONS.

## Other reports on N9172V (2)

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

- [Incident 20221226019842I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20221226019842I), Dec 26, 2022: Piper PA 46-350P (N9172V), Gaithersburg, MD, Minor damage. PIC of [privacy data omitted] called pct chpfd line to report his aircraft touched wings with [privacy data omitted] while on taxiway at the gai airport.…
- [Accident 20110302003329A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110302003329A), Mar 2, 2011: Piper PA 46-350P (N9172V), Allentown, PA, Substantial damage. Pilot landed on runway 25 @ kxll, Allentown Queen city airport with a right crosswind. Aircraft touched down and then lifted back into the air due to the pilot…

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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