# Incident 20161205022279I: Piper PA-28R-201, Pontiac, MI, December 5, 2016 - Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: December 5, 2016, 12:45 local time - Place: Pontiac, MI - Airport: Oakland County International - Damage: Minor damage - Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - Location: 42.6656° N, 83.4205° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at OAKLAND COUNTY INTL (PTK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.6656&lon=-83.4205&mi=10 - Aircraft: N36458, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N36458-2019-01-15) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry model: Piper PA-28R-201 (registry code 7102816, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-201) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28R-201 - Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER - People aboard: 2 - Fatal injuries: 0 - Other injuries: 0 - Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor - Pilot flight hours: 1,241 total, 49 in this make and model, 336 in the last 90 days - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20161205022279I ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. ON 5 DECEMBER 2016 A CFI AND STUDENT WERE CONDUCTING A TRAINING FLIGHT. ON A PRACTICE SIMULATED EMERGENCY LANDING APPROACH, THEY EXTENDED THE LANDING GEAR, THE NOSE GEAR DOWN LIGHT DID NOT ILLUMINATE. THEY CONDUCTED THE POH EMERGENCY PROCEDURES, AND MADE A LOW PASS ON 27L SO THE TOWER COULD CONFIRM THE GEAR WAS DOWN. WHICH THEY DID CONFIRM IT LOOKED DOWN. THE PIC CONTACT HER BOSS AND THEY DECIDED TO MAKE A LANDING. THE CREW DISCUSSED IF ANYTHING WENT WRONG THEY WOULD ABORT THE LANDING. UPON TOUCHDOWN THE NOSE GEAR STARTED TO COLLASPE AND THE PIC ABORTED THE LANDING. AT THIS TIME THE TOWER ACTUATED THE CRASH ALARM AND THE ARFF RESPONDED AND STOOD BY UNTIL THE AIRCRAFT LANDED. THEY PIC FLEW TO THE NORTH EAST OF THE FIELD AND PERFORMED SEVERAL ABRUPT MANUVERS TO SEE IF THEY COULD GET THE GEAR TO LOCK IN PLACE, WHICH IT DID NOT. THE PIC CONTACTED HER BOSS AND DOM, THEY DISCUSSED THE SITUATION AND FIGURED IT COULD NOT BE FIXED IN THE AIR. THE PIC CONTINUED TO CIRCLE TO BURN OFF FUEL AND PREPARE FOR AN EMERGENCY LANDING. ON FINAL TO 27R SHE INSTRUCTED HER STUDENT TO SECURE THE ENGINE AS PER THE POH WHEN THE LANDING WAS ASSURED. SHE STATED ON LANDING SHE HELD THE NOSE OFF THE RUNWAY AS LONG AS SHE COULD AND THAT WHEN THE NOSE TOUCHDOWNED THE GEAR SLOWLY STARTED TO COLLASPE. AS SOON AS THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP THE CREW EXITED THE AIRCRAFT WITH NO INJURIES. UPON THE RELEASE OF THE AIRCRAFT BY THE FAA TO ARFF AND THE AIRCRAFT OWNER TO REMOVE IT FROM THE RUNWAY. THE DOM DISCOVERED A NUT AND COTTER PIN MISSING FROM A BOLT CONNECTING THE NOSE GEAR STRUT TO THE DRAG LINK AND BRACE ASSEMBLY. THIS BOLT ALSO ATTACHES TO THE ARM AND CONNECTS THE SPRING WHICH HOLDS THE DRAG LINK BRACE IN THE OVER CENTER AND DOWN LOCK POSITION. IT WAS NOTED THAT DUE TO THE MISSING HARDWARE. THE BOLT WAS DISPLACED ABOUT ONE HALF INCH TO THE RIGHT. THIS DISPLACEMENT ALLOWED THE SPRING ARM ASSEMBLY TO ROTATE PAST THE BOSS ON THE DRAG LINK AND BRACE THE ARM SETS AGAINST, MAKING THE DRAG LINK UNABLE TO ACHIEVE AN OVER CENTER POSITION AND THE ABILITY TO LOCK IN PLACE. ## Other reports on N36458 (2) Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date. - [Accident 20170409006229A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170409006229A), Apr 9, 2017: Piper PA-28R-201 (N36458), Pontiac, MI, Substantial damage. Pilot was practicing touch and go procedures, on the third attempted landing right main and nose landing gear collasped. Investigation found landing gear… - [Incident 19971110043459I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971110043459I), Nov 10, 1997: Piper PA28R201 (N36458), Burbank, CA, Minor damage. Narrative: private pilot watson was performing an IFR proficiency flight in N36458, a Piper pa 28-R201, on 11-10-97. At 1830 pilot felt "slight thump" in… 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.