# Incident 20130407005069I: Piper PA-44-180, Atwater, CA, April 7, 2013

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 7, 2013, 10:13 local time
- Place: Atwater, CA
- Airport: Castle
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: SRJS
- Location: 37.3805° N, 120.5682° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CASTLE (MER), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.3805&lon=-120.5682&mi=10
- Aircraft: N187TX, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N187TX) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-44-180 (registry code 7104402, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-44-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O-360 series (registry code 41575, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-44-180
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O-360 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130407005069I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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