# Incident 20100921046289I: Piper PA-28RT-201, Daytona, FL, September 21, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 21, 2010, 11:16 local time
- Place: Daytona, FL
- Airport: Daytona Beach International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.1799° N, 81.0580° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DAYTONA BEACH INTL (DAB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.1799&lon=-81.0580&mi=10
- Aircraft: N216CF, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N216CF-2011-06-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28RT-201T (registry code 7102817, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28rt-201t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28RT-201
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 301 total, 59 in this make and model, 65 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100921046289I

## Narrative

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

ON SEPTEMBER 21, 2010, THE PILOT IN COMMAND (PIC) OF AIRCRAFT N216CF ATTEMPTED TO LAND AT MASSEY AIR RANCH (X50). AFTER MOVING THE LANDING GEAR HANDLE TO THE DOWN POSITION, HE OBSERVED AN UNSAFE LANDING GEAR INDICATION AND INFORMED THE DAYTONA BEACH TOWER. HE THEN DECLARED AN IN-FLIGHT EMERGENCY AND DIVERTED THE AIRCRAFT TO THE DAYTONA BEACH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (DAB). PRIOR TO LANDING AT THE AIRPORT, THE PIC USED THE EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSION SYSTEM TO EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR. THE LEFT AND RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR EXTENDED AND THE INDICTORS SHOWED THAT THE MAIN GEARS WERE DOWN AND LOCKED. HOWEVER, THE NOSE LANDING GEAR INDICATOR WAS STILL SHOWING UNLOCKED INDICATION. DURING THE LANDING PHASE OF FLIGHT, THE NOSE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED RESULTING IN DAMAGE TO THE ENGINE, PROPELLER, NOSE LANDING GEAR, AND THE NOSE LANDING GEAR DOORS.

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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