# Incident 20170619011739I: Piper PA-34-200, Bremerton, WA, June 19, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 19, 2017, 14:20 local time
- Place: Bremerton, WA
- Airport: Bremerton National Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: HPKS
- Location: 47.4902° N, 122.7650° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Bremerton National Airport (PWT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.4902&lon=-122.7650&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1054U, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1054U) (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: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 24,800 total, 20 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170619011739I

## Narrative

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

WHILE PREPARING TO LAND THE PILOTS FOLLOWED THE NORMAL LANDING GEAR EXTENSION PROCEDURE BUT THE NOSE LANDING GEAR FAILED TO EXTEND.  THE PILOTS THEN ATTEMPTED TO EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR USING THE ALTERNATE EXTENSION PROCEDURE, BUT THE NOSE LANDING GEAR STILL FAILED TO EXTEND.  THEY THEN TRIED TO EXTEND THE NOSE GEAR USING VARIOUS FLIGHT MANEUVERS, BUT AGAIN THE NOSE LANDING GEAR FAILED TO EXTEND.  AFTER THESE UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPTS TO EXTEND THE NOSE LANDING GEAR THE PILOTS MADE A LOW LEVEL PASS OVER THE AIRPORT SO PERSONNEL ON THE GROUND COULD OBSERVE THE STATE OF NOSE LANDING GEAR EXTENSION.  PERSONNEL, INCLUDING AN AIRCRAFT MECHANIC, ON THE GROUND OBSERVED THAT THE NOSE LANDING GEAR DOORS WERE EXTENDED, BUT THAT THE NOSE LANDING GEAR ITSELF WAS ONLY PARTIALLY EXTENDED AND THE NOSE TIRE APPEARED NOT TO BE CENTERED.  THE PILOTS THEN LANDED WITH BOTH MAIN LANDING GEARS FULLY EXTENDED, THE NOSE GEAR DOORS EXTENDED AND THE NOSE GEAR RETRACTED.  AFTER TOUCHDOWN AND ONCE THE AIRCRAFT LOST ENOUGH AIR SPEED IT SETTLED ON ITS NOSE CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO THE NOSE LOWER STRUCTURE, NOSE LANDING GEAR DOORS AND THE PROPELLERS OF BOTH ENGINES.  BOTH PILOTS AND THE ONE PASSENGER EVACUATED THE AIRCRAFT; THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO EITHER THE PEOPLE ON BOARD OR PEOPLE ON THE GROUND.

## Other reports on N1054U (3)

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

- [Incident 20250523006119I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250523006119I), May 23, 2025: Piper PA-34-200 (N1054U), North Little Ro, AR, Minor damage. During multi-engine training, the instructor and student were on approach for their third landing on runway 5 at north Little Rock airport (kork). The aircraft…
- [Incident 20020102000079I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020102000079I), Jan 2, 2002: Piper PA34200 (N1054U), Tacoma, WA, Minor damage. (-23) Pilot & student pilot were conducting touch and go procedures. In the take-off phase, student pilot reached over to select flaps up but selected gear up…
- [Incident 19931121049719I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19931121049719I), Nov 21, 1993: Piper PA34200 (N1054U), Isla De Culebra, PR, Minor damage. Nose gear collapsed on landing rollout. Had three green lights. Surrendered operating certificate.

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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