# Incident 20110910022209I: Piper PA-28R-180, Lees Summit, MO, September 10, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 10, 2011, 11:05 local time
- Place: Lees Summit, MO
- Airport: Lee'S Summit Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.9225° N, 94.4058° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LEE'S SUMMIT (MU08), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.9225&lon=-94.4058&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4900J, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4900J) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-180 (registry code 7102809, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28R-180
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 197 total, 34 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110910022209I

## Narrative

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

THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED GARDNER MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (K34) IN GARDNER, KS, ENROUTE TO LEE'S SUMMIT MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (KLXT) IN LEE'S SUMMIT, MO.  UPON LANDING ON RUNWAY 36, IT BECAME EVIDENT THAT THE NOSE LANDING GEAR FAILED TO EXTEND INTO THE LOCKED POSITION.  THE AIRCRAFT LANDED ON THE EXTENDED AND LOCKED MAIN LANDING GEAR AND WHEN THE NOSE WHEEL CONTACTED THE RUNWAY, THE NOSE LANDING GEAR DID NOT SUPPORT THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT.  THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT CONTACTED THE RUNWAY SURFACE AND THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST ON THE PROPELLER AND THE NOSE LANDING GEAR DOORS.

## Other reports on N4900J (1)

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

- [Incident 20031111029829I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031111029829I), Nov 11, 2003: Piper PA28R180 (N4900J), Monroe, WI, Minor damage. (-23) On November 11, 2003, at 1645 CDT, a Piper PA-28R, N4900J, operated by private pilot paul d. maxwell was at 1,000 feet AGL on a crosswind leg for runway…

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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