# Incident 20120620012549I: Socata TB-20 TRINIDAD, Dubuque, IA, June 20, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 20, 2012, 09:50 local time
- Place: Dubuque, IA
- Airport: Dubuque Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: GV8S
- Location: 42.4020° N, 90.7095° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DUBUQUE RGNL (DBQ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.4020&lon=-90.7095&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1866S, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1866S) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Socata TB-20 TRINIDAD (registry code 8680695, https://openairdocs.org/model/socata-tb-20-trinidad) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SOCATA TB-20 TRINIDAD
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-540 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 702 total, 104 in this make and model, 78 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120620012549I

## Narrative

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

WHEN THE INSTRUCTOR AND STUDENT LANDED THE AIRCRAFT, THE NOSE LANDING GEAR WAS NOT FULLY EXTENDED.  THE AIRCRAFT SETTLED ON IT'S NOSE, DAMAGING THE LOWER COWLING AND THE PROPELLER.  THE INSTRUCTOR AND THE STUDENT BOTH STATED THAT ALL THREE GREEN LANDING GEAR INDICATOR LIGHTS WERE ILLUMINATED, WHICH INDICATES THAT ALL THREE LANDING GEAR ARE DOWN AND LOCKED.

## Other reports on N1866S (1)

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

- [Incident 20111022024939I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20111022024939I), Oct 22, 2011: Socata TB-20 TRINIDAD (N1866S), Monticello, IA, Minor damage. During flight instruction a simulated engine failure, while in the traffic pattern, was given to the student. Due to other air traffic in the area, and the…

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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