# Incident 20130428008349I: Piper PA-32R-301, Savannah, GA, April 28, 2013

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 28, 2013, 10:25 local time
- Place: Savannah, GA
- Airport: Savannah/Hilton Head
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.1276° N, 81.2021° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SAVANNAH/HILTON HEAD INTL (SAV), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.1276&lon=-81.2021&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8247T, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8247T) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32R-301 (registry code 7103218, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32r-301) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-32R-301
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-540 SER
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130428008349I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT DEPARTED KXHD BOUND FOR KGMU AND EXPERIENCED PROBLEM WITH GEAR COMING UP. GEAR UNSAFE LIGHT WAS ON AND THREE GREEN WERE NOT ON. THREE LOW PASSES OVER THE RUNWAY LED TO TOWER INDICATING THE NOSE GEAR APPEARED TO BE HUNG UP. EMERGENCY RELEASE OF GEAR RESULTED IN TWO MAIN GREEN LIGHTS BUT NO NOSE GEAR LIGHT. CREW DIVERTED TO KSAV. ON FINAL AT APPROX. 100' AGL THE NOSE GEAR DOWN AND LOCKED CAME ON AND AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT.

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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