# Incident 20111014024069I: Piper PA-28R-200, Grand Island, NE, October 14, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 14, 2011, 13:12 local time
- Place: Grand Island, NE
- Airport: Central Nebraska Regional
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.9675° N, 98.3096° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CENTRAL NEBRASKA RGNL (GRI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.9675&lon=-98.3096&mi=10
- Aircraft: N16395, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N16395) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-200 (registry code 7102811, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28R-200
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 4,800 total, 200 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20111014024069I

## Narrative

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

ON OCTOBER 14, 2011, N16395, PA28R, WAS INBOUND TO GRAND ISLAND, NE, AIRPORT WHEN THE PILOT REPORTED TO THE AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL TOWER THAT THE AIRCRAFT HAD GEAR PROBLEMS.THE PILOT STATED, THAT ON APPROACH, HE DID NOT RECEIVE THREE GREEN LIGHTS.  THE PILOT FURTHER STATED THAT HE FLEW BY THE TOWER AND THEY CONFIRMED HIS NOSE GEAR DID NOT APPEAR TO BE DOWN.  THE PILOT THEN PULLED THE GEAR OVER RIDE HANDLE TO ALLOW THE GEAR TO FREEFALL, AND HE FELT THE GEAR WAS DOWN.  HE THEN PERFORMED SOME MANEUVERS TO SHAKE THE GEAR IN TO THE LOCK POSITION.  ON THE NEXT FLY BY, MECHANICS WHO WITNESSED THE FLY BY SAID IT APPEARED THE GEAR WAS DOWN.  THE PILOT ALSO STATED, THAT DURING HIS MANEUVERING TO GET THE GEAR DOWN, HE FELT THE NOSE GEAR GO IN TO THE LOCKED POSITION.  AFTER TOUCHDOWN, THE GREEN LIGHTS CAME ON.  MAINTENANCE FOUND THAT THE HYDRAULIC POWER PACK MOTOR HAD FAILED.  AIRCRAFT TOTAL TIME 7,255 HOURS.  IT IS UNKNOWN IF THIS POWER PACK WAS THE ORIGINAL ONE OR NOT.

## Other reports on N16395 (1)

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

- [Incident 19861020067819I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19861020067819I), Oct 20, 1986: Piper PA28R200 (N16395), Canby, MN. Engine failed en route. Landed in a field without damage. Connecting rod bolt had failed.

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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