# Incident 20120213005249I: Piper PA-28R-200, Milton, FL, February 13, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 13, 2012, 15:45 local time
- Place: Milton, FL
- Airport: Peter Prince Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: GDXS
- Location: 30.6376° N, 86.9937° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PETER PRINCE FLD (2R4), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.6376&lon=-86.9937&mi=10
- Aircraft: N55265, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N55265-2017-10-27) (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
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120213005249I

## Narrative

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

DURING 2.5 HOUR TRAINING FLIGHT AIRCRAFT MADE TWO SUCESSFULL LANDING AT KBFM AND KPNS PRIOR TO INCIDENT. DURING FINAL TO 2R4 LANDING GEAR INDICATED UNSAFE. VISUAL CONFIRMATION BY GROUND PERSONNEL AND FLIGHT CREW CONFIRMED NOSE GEAR WAS AT MID EXTENSION. ATTEMPTS TO CYCLE THE LANDING GEAR IN NORMAL AND EMERGENCY MODES FAILED TO FULLY EXTEND THE NOSE GEAR. AIRCRAFT MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING, DURING WHICH THE NOSE GEAR FOLDED UPWARD AND THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO AN ABRUPT STOP. POST FLIGHT EVALUATION REVEALED ELECTRO/HYDRAULIC MOTOR DC BRUSH FAILED DURING OPERATION OF LANDING GEAR. PILOT(S) HAVE FAILED TO PROVIDE ALL NEEDED PILOT(S) INFORMATION, AND THE AIR AGENCY (GDXS) HAS NOT PROVIDED ALL COMPONENT INFORMATION AS OF APRIL 20, 2012

## Other reports on N55265 (1)

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

- [Incident 19980913043879I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980913043879I), Sep 13, 1998: Piper PA28R200 (N55265), Crestview, FL, Minor damage. (-5) Pilot and his wife took off from milton Florida, 2R4, on a pleasure flight. Pilot stated he had a generator failure and attempted to reset it. It worked…

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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