# Incident 20100827046629I: Piper PA-42, Austin, TX, August 27, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 27, 2010, 11:16 local time
- Place: Austin, TX
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.2672° N, 97.7431° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Austin, TX, within about 10 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.2672&lon=-97.7431&mi=10
- Aircraft: N787LB, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N787LB-2014-03-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-42 (registry code 7104202, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-42) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PT6A series (registry code 52032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pt6a-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-42
- Reported engine: P&W PT6A SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 7,100 total, 550 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100827046629I

## Narrative

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

AFTER TAKE-OFF, LANDING GEAR HAD AN UNSAFE INDICATION. PILOT TURNED BACK AND LANDED. NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT. MECHANIC JACKED AIRCRAFT, FILLED THE HYDRAULIC RESERVOIR THAT WAS EMPTY. MECHANIC FOUND A HOLE IN THE NOSE GEAR DOWN HYDRAULIC LINE. MECHANIC REPLACED DAMAGE LINE AND SWUNG GEAR WITH NO FURTHER PROBLEMS. MECHANIC FILED AN M OR D REPORT.

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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