# Incident 20150721016269I: Piper PA-32R-301T, Myrtle Beach, SC, July 21, 2015

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 21, 2015, 20:44 local time
- Place: Myrtle Beach, SC
- Airport: Myrtle Beach Int'L Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.6797° N, 78.9283° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MYRTLE BEACH INTL (MYR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6797&lon=-78.9283&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8433Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8433Y) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32R-301T (registry code 7103220, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32r-301t) (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-32R-301T
- Reported engine: LYCOMING TI0-540 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 254 total, 205 in this make and model, 49 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150721016269I

## Narrative

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

N8433Y THOUGHT NOSE GEAR WAS NOT FUNCTIONING PROPERLY AND WANTED THE TOWER TO VIEW DURING A FLY BY. TOWER STATED THAT THE NOSE GEAR DID NOT APPEAR DOWN BUT LEFT AND RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEARS WERE DOWN. PILOT DECIDED TO LAND AND THE TOWER ALERTED AIRPORT RESCUE AND FIRE FIGHTING DEPARTMENT. UPON REACHING THE RUNWAY, THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN ON THE MAIN LANDING GEAR AND ON LANDING ROLL WHEN THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT PUSHED DOWN THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST ON ITS NOSE DUE TO THE NOSE LANDING GEAR NOT BEING EXTENDED. THE PILOT AND PASSENGER EXITED THE AIRCRAFT WITHOUT ASSISTANCE. ALL THREE PROPELLER BLADES WERE BENT DUE TO IMPACT WITH THE TARMAC WHILE SPINNING. SLIGHT SCUFFING TO THE UNDERSIDE OF THE LOWER ENGINE COWL WAS 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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