# Incident 20150909016409I: Piper PA-34-200T, Galena, AK, September 9, 2015

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 9, 2015, 16:00 local time
- Place: Galena, AK
- Airport: Edward G. Pitka Sr.
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 64.7362° N, 156.9346° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at EDWARD G PITKA SR (GAL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=64.7362&lon=-156.9346&mi=10
- Aircraft: N541AC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N541AC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-200T (registry code 7103406, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-360 series (registry code 17019, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-34-200T
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 16,000 total, 200 in this make and model, 300 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150909016409I

## Narrative

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

PILOT COULD NOT GET NOSE GEAR TO EXTEND ON APPROACH TO GALENA. ATTEMPTED EMERGENCY PROCEDURES AND RIGHT NOSE GEAR DOOR WOULD NOT OPEN. UPON LANDING WITH NOSE GEAR RETRACTED, THE PILOT WHO IS ALSO AN A&P WITH IA AUTHORIZATION PULLED ON RIGHT HAND NOSE GEAR DOOR AND GOT IT TO OPEN. MINOR DAMAGE TO FIBERGLASS ON NOSE CONE, NO DAMAGE TO PROPS OR AIRFRAME OTHERWISE. OBTAINED FERRY PERMIT TO TRAVEL BACK TO ANCHORAGE FOR REPAIRS.

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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