# Incident 20090712014289I: Piper PA32RT300T, San Jose, CA, July 12, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 12, 2009, 10:55 local time
- Place: San Jose, CA
- Airport: Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.3394° N, 121.8950° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of San Jose, CA, within about 8 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.3394&lon=-121.8950&mi=10
- Aircraft: N36402, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N36402-2018-03-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32RT-300T (registry code 7103216, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32rt-300t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32RT300T
- People aboard: 1
- 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/20090712014289I

## Narrative

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

(-23)  THE PILOT STATED THAT UPON TAKE OFF FROM E16 (SOUTH COUNTRY) HE HEARD AND FELT A THUMP AT HIS FEET WHEN HE RAISED THE GEAR.  ALL THE CIRCUIT BREAKERS, GEAR LIGHTS, AND MASTER ALARM APPEARED NORMAL.  THE AIRCRAFT PROCEEDED TO KRHV AND ON FINAL HE ATTEMPTED TO LOWER THE GEAR BUT ONLY HAD 2 GREEN LIGHTS WITH THE THIRD LIGHT (NOSE GEAR) UNLIGHTED.  THE PILOT ACCOMPLISHED A FLYBY TO CHECK THE UNDER CARRIAGE AT WHICH TIME THE TOWER INDICATED THE MAINS APPEARED DOWN BUT THE NOSE GEAR WAS NOT AND THAT THE NOSE GEAR DOORS WERE CLOSED.  THE PILOT ACCOMPLISHED THE EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSION PROCEDURES WITH NO RESULTS AND DECIDED TO LAND WITH THE NOSE GEAR IN THE RETRACTED POSITION AT KSJC DUE TO THE LONGER RUNWAY AND SERVICES AVAILABLE.  ALL ENGINE AND ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS WERE SHUT DOWN AT TOUCH DOWN ON THE MAIN GEAR, AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS ALLOWED TO SETTLE ON THE PROP TIPS.  A VISUAL INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT AFTER THE GEAR WAS LOWERED INDICATED THAT THE NOSE WHEEL DOORS WERE IMPACTED BY THE NOSE WHEEL AS IT RETRACTED, AND THE RIGHT GEAR DOOR WAS SHIFTED TO THE REAR CAUSING IT TO BIND ON THE FRAME PREVENTING THE NOSE WHEEL FROM EXTENDING.  PILOT STATED THAT THE PREFLIGHT HAD BEEN NORMAL AND NOTHING OF CONCERN WAS NOTED.

## Other reports on N36402 (3)

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

- [Accident 20151219021249A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20151219021249A), Dec 19, 2015: Piper PA-32RT-300T (N36402), Bakersfield, CA, Destroyed, 5 fatal. On Saturday, December 19, 2015, Mr. Jason thomas price, private pilot certificate number 3651312, operated as the pilot in command of a Piper PA-32RT-300T,…
- [Accident 20100709038729A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100709038729A), Jul 9, 2010: Piper PA-32RT-300 (N36402), Sedona, AZ, Substantial damage. On July 10, 2010 the pilot of N36402 was landing on runway 03 at the sez airport and stated he did not see the PAPI lights illuminated. Pilot stated he thought…
- [Incident 19780927020419I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780927020419I), Sep 27, 1978: Piper PA32300T (N36402), Decatur, IL, Minor damage. Nose gear collapsed while taxiing after pilot ran over wheel chock.

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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