# Incident 20101216054429I: Piper PA-32R-301T, Panama City Bea, FL, December 16, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 16, 2010, 10:00 local time
- Place: Panama City Bea, FL
- Airport: Northwest Florida Beaches Inte
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.3582° N, 85.7956° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NORTHWEST FLORIDA BEACHES INTL (ECP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.3582&lon=-85.7956&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8471B, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8471B) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32R-301T (registry code 7103220, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32r-301t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-32R-301T
- Reported engine: LYCOMING TI0-540 SER
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 3,240 total, 626 in this make and model, 58 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20101216054429I

## Narrative

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

A PIPER SARATOGA, PA-32-301R, INBOUND TO DESTIN, FLORIDA HAD A FAILURE OF THE LEFT AFT NOSE LANDING GEAR DOOR ACTUATING ARM WHICH JAMMED AND PREVENTED THE NOSE GEAR FROM EXTENDING. THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED WINTER HAVEN, FLORIDA WITH THREE PEOPLE ONBOARD BUT DIVERTED TO NORTHWEST FLORIDA BEACHES INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (KECP) IN PANAMA CITY BEACH. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE FLEW AROUND FOR AN HOUR TRYING TO GET THE NOSE GEAR TO EXTEND. HE INDUCED STALL BUFFETS, PERFORMED NOSE UP AND DOWN MANEUVERS AND STEEP TURNS TRYING TO GET THE NOSE GEAR DOWN. KECP TOWER THEN DIRECTED HIM TO PERFORM AN EMERGENCY LANDING ON TAXIWAY DELTA TO PREVENT DAMAGING A RUNWAY.THE PILOT FLEW A VISUAL APPROACH TO THE TAXIWAY AND CUT FUEL JUST PRIOR TO TOUCHDOWN, TRYING TO STOP THE PROPELLER PRIOR TO ITS IMPACTING THE GROUND. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP ON THE TAXIWAY, RESTING ON TWO PROPELLER BLADES AND THE MAIN LANDING GEAR.IN ADDITION TO THE BROKEN GEAR DOOR ARM AND THE DAMAGE TO THE PROP, THE EXHAUST PIPE WAS BENT AND THERE WAS SLIGHT DAMAGE TO THE LOWER COWLING. WHEN THE AIRCRAFT WAS LIFTED AND THE JAMMED ARM WAS DISLODGED, THE NOSE GEAR FULLY EXTENDED AND LOCKED IN THE DOWN POSITION.

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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