# Incident 20150213001699I: Piper PA-23-250, Saint Petersbur, FL, February 13, 2015

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 13, 2015, 18:45 local time
- Place: Saint Petersbur, FL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.7709° N, 82.6793° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of St. Petersburg, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.7709&lon=-82.6793&mi=10
- Aircraft: N828DA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N828DA-2018-06-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-250 (registry code 7102308, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (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-23-250
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-540 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total, 75 in this make and model, 55 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150213001699I

## Narrative

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

PILOT REPORTED GEAR INDICATOR LIGHT FOR NOSE GEAR NOT WORKING.

EXECUTED LOW APPROACH ON RWY 36 AT PIE AND TOWER ADVISED THAT NOSE GEAR WAS DOWN BUT SLIGHTLY COCKED.

PILOT ATTEMPTED TO USE EMERGENCY GEAR EXTEND SYSTEM WITH NO HELP.

PILOT WENT AROUND AND LANDED, NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED ON TOUCHDOWN.

INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT LEFT MAIN GEAR ACTUATOR UPPER SEAL HAD FAILED ALLOWING ALL HYDRAULIC FLUID TO DRAIN OVERBOARD.

DAMAGE WAS LIMITED TO NOSE CONE, NOSE GEAR DOORS, AND PROPS.

## Other reports on N828DA (1)

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

- [Incident 19940919036329I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940919036329I), Sep 19, 1994: Piper PA23250 (N828DA), Waynesboro, VA. Distracted by traffic. Landed gear up.

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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