# Incident 20160116004259I: Piper PA-34-200, Brooksville, FL, January 16, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 16, 2016, 13:05 local time
- Place: Brooksville, FL
- Airport: Hernando County
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.5166° N, 82.4047° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Brooksville, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.5166&lon=-82.4047&mi=10
- Aircraft: N55134, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N55134) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-200 (registry code 7103405, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-34-200
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 1,030 total, 300 in this make and model, 450 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160116004259I

## Narrative

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

ON JANUARY 16, 2016 AIRCRAFT WAS ENROUTE VFR FROM KTMB TO KBKV. ON RIGHT DOWNWIND FOR RUNWAY 21 PILOT INITIATED PRE-LANDING CHECKLIST.  WHEN LANDING GEAR WAS EXTENDED THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR DID NOT EXTEND.  PILOT DEPARTED THE PATTERN TO TROUBLESHOOT ISSUE.  AFTER CYCLING LANDING GEAR NUMEROUS TIMES THE RIGHT GEAR DID NOT EXTEND.  AT THAT TIME THE PILOT INITIATED EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSION WITH NEGATIVE RESULTS. THE PILOT THEN DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND DECIDED TO LAND GEAR UP IN THE GRASS NEXT TO THE ACTIVE RUNWAY. EMERGENCY LANDING WAS PERFORMED WITH NO INJURY TO PERSONS ON BOARD AND MINOR DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT. SUBSEQUENTLY TO THE EMERGENCY LANDING MAINTENANCE DETERMINED THAT THE RIGHT GEAR DOOR ACTUATOR ROD HAD FAILED AND JAMMED BETWEEN THE GEAR AND SPAR NOT ALLOWING THE LANDING GEAR TO EXTEND.

## Other reports on N55134 (4)

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

- [Incident 20150203000389I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150203000389I), Feb 3, 2015: Piper PA-34-200 (N55134), Kendall, FL, Substantial damage. During / after landing at tamiami airport (tmb) and exit runway 9R at E-3 the student pilot inadvertent select the gear handle to the up position and the…
- [Accident 20010413007339A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010413007339A), Apr 13, 2001: Piper PA34200 (N55134), Hagerstown, MD, Substantial damage. (-23)Upon landing on runway 27 at hgr the pilot encounter a 22 knot gust of wind out of 300 and hard on the nose landing gear upward about 18 inches damaging…
- [Incident 19991109039509I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991109039509I), Nov 9, 1999: Piper PA34200 (N55134), Millington, TN, Minor damage. On November 9, 1999, at approximately 1140AM, (CST), an aircraft (Piper) PA-34-200, N55134, had wheels up landing at the Millington, TN airport (nqa). Upon…
- [Incident 19810729060969I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810729060969I), Jul 29, 1981: Piper PA34200 (N55134), Anchorage, AK, Minor damage. Za pilot unable to extend nose gear. Landed with nose gear up. Found nose gear links installed incorrectly.

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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