# Incident 20160702010359I: Piper PA-34-200T, Monticello, IN, July 2, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 2, 2016, 12:45 local time
- Place: Monticello, IN
- Airport: White County Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.7102° N, 86.7668° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WHITE COUNTY (MCX), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7102&lon=-86.7668&mi=10
- Aircraft: N749LW, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N749LW) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-200T (registry code 7103406, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-360 series (registry code 17025, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-34-200T
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-360 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 15,367 total, 105 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160702010359I

## Narrative

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

ON JULY 2, 2016 AT APPROXIMATELY 1245 HOURS EASTERN STANDARD TIME (1645 Z), A PIPER, PA-34-200, N749LW, LANDED IN THE GRASS PARALLEL TO RUNWAY 18 AT WHITE COUNTY AIRPORT (MCX) WITH THE NOSE LANDING GEAR RETRACTED AND THE MAIN LANDING GEAR EXTENDED AND LOCKED.  THE PILOT AND ONE PASSENGER WERE UNINJURED AND THE AIRFRAME SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE.  BOTH PROPELLERS EXHIBITED TIP CURL DAMAGE THAT INDICATED LOW POWER SETTINGS AT THE TIME OF IMPACT.  THERE WAS NO POST CRASH FIRE.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED AS A PERSONAL FLIGHT UNDER THE PROVISION OF 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATION PART 91, VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND A FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED.

WHEN THE PILOT SELECTED GEAR DOWN, HIS INSTRUMENTS INDICATED THAT THE MAIN LANDING GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED BUT THE NOSE LANDING GEAR WAS NOT.  HE CYCLED THE LANDING GEAR SWITCH AND ATTEMPTED TO MANUALLY DEPLOY THE NOSE LANDING GEAR WHICH DID NOT CORRECT THE PROBLEM.  HE MADE A LOW PASS OVER THE AIRPORT AND GROUND PERSONNEL CONFIRMED TO HIM, VIA RADIO, THAT THE NOSE LANDING GEAR WAS STILL INSIDE THE WHEEL WELL.

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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