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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28R-200 · Midland, VA · February 20, 2016

Date
February 20, 2016 · 14:10 local
Place
Midland, VA
Airport
Warrenton-Fauquier
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N3065R
Reported as
Piper PA-28R-200
Reported engine
Lycoming I0360 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Airline transport, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
22,000 total300 in this make and model30 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Aircraft was attempting to land when the nose gear would not come down. Several attempts were made with out resolution and the aircraft landed with the nose gear up and mains down. It appears the nose gear was stuck over center. After landing when the nose was lifted the nose gear fell down and locked. No enjuries and minor damage to aircraft. Aircraft was airworthy when the flight was started.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT WAS ATTEMPTING TO LAND WHEN THE NOSE GEAR WOULD NOT COME DOWN. SEVERAL ATTEMPTS WERE MADE WITH OUT RESOLUTION AND THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITH THE NOSE GEAR UP AND MAINS DOWN. IT APPEARS THE NOSE GEAR WAS STUCK OVER CENTER. AFTER LANDING WHEN THE NOSE WAS LIFTED THE NOSE GEAR FELL DOWN AND LOCKED. NO ENJURIES AND MINOR DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT. AIRCRAFT WAS AIRWORTHY WHEN THE FLIGHT WAS STARTED.