# Incident 20130702011719I: Piper PA-31-350, Wasillia, AK, July 2, 2013

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 2, 2013, 11:20 local time
- Place: Wasillia, AK
- Airport: Wasilla
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: J95C
- Location: 61.5720° N, 149.5396° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WASILLA (IYS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.5720&lon=-149.5396&mi=10
- Aircraft: N400RA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N400RA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31-350 (registry code 7103110, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31-350) (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-31-350
- Reported engine: LYCOMING TI0-540 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,800 total, 100 in this make and model, 160 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130702011719I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT NOSE LANDING GEAR GREEN LIGHT (DOWN AND LOCKED ANNUNCIATOR) NOT ILLUMINATED AFTER LANDING ON JUNE 30, 2013.  WORN BOLT REPLACED AND ADJUSTED DOWN AND LOCKED SWITCH IN ACCORDANCE WITH PA-31-350 MAINTENANCE MANUAL.  DISCREPANCY REPEATED ON JULY 1, 2013. AIRCAFT LANDING GEAR RIGGING WAS CHECKED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION VII OF PA-31-350 ALL LANDING GEAR SWITCHES WERE ADJUSTED AND THE GEAR WAS CYCLED MULTIPLE TIMES.  AIRCRAFT FLEW AN OPERATIONAL CHECK FLIGHT OF THE LANDING GEAR ON MORNING OF JULY 2, 2013 AND UPON NOSE LANDING GEAR TOUCHING RUNWAY 21 AT WASILLA AIRPORT THE NOSE LANDING GEAR EXTEND AND LOCK ROD (PIPER PART NUMBER 41790-000) BROKE AT LOWER ROD END THEN BROKE FROM UPPER ROD END.   LOWER ROD END SHOWED DISCOLORATION THROUGH THE THE SHEAR POINT PERPENDICULAR TO THE ROD AXIS INDICATING IT HAD BEEN CRACKED FOR A WHILE.  UPPER BREAK POINT SHOWED CLEAN FRESH BREAK.  EXTEND AND LOCK ROD WAS NOT ADJUSTED DURING PREVIOUS MAINTENANCE AND THE JAM NUTS WERE LOST WITH THE ROD.  PILOT MANAGED HEADING, CUT POWER AND MAINTAINED CONTROL OF AIRCRAFT FOLLOWING GEAR COLLAPSE.

## Other reports on N400RA (3)

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

- [Incident 20141210023309I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20141210023309I), Dec 10, 2014: Piper PA-31-350 (N400RA), King Salmon, AK, Substantial damage. N400RA with 9 souls on board hit a dirt berm at the end of runway 09 at koliganek (pajz). Causing damage to left main landing gear. Pilot made attempts to…
- [Incident 20141208023279I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20141208023279I), Dec 8, 2014: Piper PA-31-350 (N400RA), Anchorage, AK, No damage. N400RA, a Piper PA-31 aircraft being operated by jacko, josh earl (dba - dena'ina air taxi) landed on runway 7R at the Anchorage internaional airport under…
- [Incident 19810128003332I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810128003332I), Jan 28, 1981: Piper PA31 (N400RA), Baltimore Washi, MD, Minor damage. Aircraft collided during rollout. One landed without clearance. Tower failed to properly handle conflict N890MA.

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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