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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-44-180 · Atwater, CA · April 7, 2013

Date: April 7, 2013 · 10:13 local
Place: Atwater, CA
Airport: Castle
Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
Operator: SRJS
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N187TX
Reported as: Piper PA-44-180
Reported engine: Lycoming O-360 series
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0

N187TXRegistered now · Piper PA-44-180S/N 4496099 · Built 2001 Airframe modelPiper PA-44-180 Engine modelLycoming O-360 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Nose landing gear collapsed on landing roll out. Flight crew reported the landing gear extension was normal with (3) green down indications.

Maintenance recovered the aircraft by extending the nose gear using the emergency extension system.

Landing gear system inspected with (2) complete cycles performed while the aircraft was on jacks using battery power only for the hydraulic pump. System performed normal with no fault noted.

As the FAA filed it

NOSE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED ON LANDING ROLL OUT. FLIGHT CREW REPORTED THE LANDING GEAR EXTENSION WAS NORMAL WITH (3) GREEN DOWN INDICATIONS.

MAINTENANCE RECOVERED THE AIRCRAFT BY EXTENDING THE NOSE GEAR USING THE EMERGENCY EXTENSION SYSTEM.

LANDING GEAR SYSTEM INSPECTED WITH (2) COMPLETE CYCLES PERFORMED WHILE THE AIRCRAFT WAS ON JACKS USING BATTERY POWER ONLY FOR THE HYDRAULIC PUMP. SYSTEM PERFORMED NORMAL WITH NO FAULT NOTED.