# Incident 20090904015719I: Piper PA34200T, Hanford, CA, September 4, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 4, 2009, 11:45 local time
- Place: Hanford, CA
- Airport: Hanford Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.3167° N, 119.6277° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HANFORD MUNI (HJO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.3167&lon=-119.6277&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2900R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2900R-2014-05-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-200T (registry code 7103406, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA34200T
- 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/20090904015719I

## Narrative

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

(-23)  WHILE PERFORMING A VISUAL APPROACH TO RUNWAY 32 AT HJO, THE PILOT REPORTED THAT UPON LANDING GEAR (LDG) EXTENSION, THE LDG FAILED TO FULLY EXTEND (1/3 TO 1/2 EXTENDED) AND THE LDG CONTROL AND WARNING CIRCUIT BREAKER OPEN.  THE PILOT TRIED REPEATEDLY TO EXTEND AND EXTRACT THE LDG AND RESET THE ABOVE MENTION CIRCUIT BRAKER (C/B) BUT THE LDG FAILED TO RETRACT OR COMPLETELY ENTEND FOR DID THE C/B FAILED TO REMAIN CLOSED.  THE PILOT TRIED TO EXTEND LDG VIA THE EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSION BUT THE EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSION KNOB COULD NOT BE ACTIVATED - THE PILOT STATED THE KNOB COULD NOT BE PULLED OUT.  FOR THE NEXT HOUR, THE PILOT FLEW THE AIRCRAFT TO REDUCE THE ONBOARD FUEL LOAD AND DURING THIS TIME, THE PILOT WAS ABLE TO ALMOST COMPLETELY RETRACT THE PARTIALLY EXTENDED LDG.  AGAIN, THE PILOT TRIED TO EXTEND THE LDG VIA THE EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSION BUT AGAIN, THE EMERGENCY EXTENSION KNOB COULD NOT BE ACTIVATED.  THE PIOT DECIDED TO LAND THE AIRCRAFT IN THIS CONFIGURATION.  POST LANDING INSPECTION REVEALED THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE LDG DOORS, BENT PROPELLER TIPS, AND MINOR SCRAPING TO LOWER ENGINE COWLS AND LOWER FUSELAGE.

## Other reports on N2900R (4)

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

- [Incident 20060208006579I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060208006579I), Feb 8, 2006: Piper PA34200T (N2900R), Hawthorne, CA, Minor damage. (-23) On 02/07/2006 at approx 0730 a local operator from the hhr airport called this office to report that a Piper seneca had experienced a nose gear collapse…
- [Incident 20050515008399I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050515008399I), May 15, 2005: Piper PA34200T (N2900R), Hanford, CA, Minor damage. (-23) N2900R made an emergency landing at Hanford airport, Hanford CA. On 05-15-05 and failed to extend the landing gear. The airplane sustained minor damage…
- [Incident 19900603026219I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900603026219I), Jun 3, 1990: Piper PA34200T (N2900R), Baytown, TX, Minor damage. Nose wheel axle parted and wheel departed while taxiing. Strut hit taxiway
- [Incident 19791104056649I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791104056649I), Nov 4, 1979: Piper PA34200 (N2900R), Baytown, TX, Minor damage. Instructor and student failed to extend gear before landing. Instructor had rendered warning horn inoperative.

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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