# Incident 20130510006819I: Piper PA-23-250, Providence, RI, May 10, 2013

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 10, 2013, 15:34 local time
- Place: Providence, RI
- Airport: Theodore Francis Green State
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.8231° N, 71.4188° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Providence, RI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.8231&lon=-71.4188&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4700P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4700P-2016-09-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-250 (registry code 7102308, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-23-250
- Reported engine: LYCOMING TI0-540 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,200 total, 550 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130510006819I

## Narrative

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

THE BOSTON FLIGHT STANDARDS DISTRICT OFFICE (FSDO) RECEIVED NOTICE FROM THE REGIONAL OPERATIONS CENTER THAT A PIPER AZTEC, N4700P, HAD IT NOSE GEAR COLLAPSE AFTER TOUCHDOWN ON RUNWAY 16 AT THEODORE FRANCES GREEN AIRPORT ON MAY 10,2013.

THIS INSPECTOR TELEPHONED AND SPOKE TO  THE PILOT OF N4700P, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, ON MAY 13,2013.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ EXPLAINED THAT HE HAD DEPARTED KPVD AND WAS CONDUCTING AIR WORK IN THE VICINITY OF KPVD. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ EXPLAINED THAT WHEN RETURNING TO THE AIRPORT HE ENTERED THE RIGHT BASE FOR RUNWAY 16 AT KPVD AND WAS GIVEN CLEARANCE TO LAND. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ EXPLAINED HE EXECUTED A NORMAL APPROACH AND HAD 3 GREEN LIGHTS ON HIS LANDING GEAR. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ EXPLAINED THAT HE HAD TOUCHED DOWN NORMALLY AND THAT UPON ROLL OUT HE HEARD A LOUD SNAP AND THE NOSE GEAR FELL TO THE TARMAC AND THE PLANE SKIDDED TO A HALT. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A REST BETWEEN TAXIWAYS N AND M ON RUNWAY 16.

PICTURES  OF THE AIRCRAFT TAKEN BY THE RHODE ISLAND AIRCRAFT CORPORATION SHOW THE AIRCRAFT RESTING ON ITS NOSE ON RUNWAY 16 .

A MAINTENANCE INSPECTOR FROM THE BOSTON FSDO INSPECTED THE AIRCRAFT AND REVIEWED THE AIRCRAFT LOGBOOKS. THE AIRCRAFT LOGBOOKS SHOWED THAT THE LANDING GEAR WAS SERVICED AT THE LAST ANNUAL INSPECTION. THE MAINTENCE INSPECTOR MENTIONED THE EMERGENCY GEAR DOWN EXTENSION WAS ACTIVATED; IT WAS FOUND THAT THE AIRCRAFTS NOSE GEAR WOULD NOT LOCK DOWN. THE MAINTENANCE INSPECTOR CONFIRMED THERE WAS A MECHANICAL FAILURE WITH NOSE GEAR.

## Other reports on N4700P (1)

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

- [Incident 19970523014809I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970523014809I), May 23, 1997: Piper PA23250 (N4700P), Gorham, NH, Minor damage. Narrative: on Friday, may 23, 1997, Mr. Jacobs operated Piper PA-23-250, N4700P on avfr flight from berlin, NH (bml) to Gorham, NH (NH05). The weather was VFR…

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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