# Incident 20170919019589I: Piper PA-31-325, Charleston, WV, September 19, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 19, 2017, 15:55 local time
- Place: Charleston, WV
- Airport: Yeager
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.3731° N, 81.5932° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Yeager Airport (CRW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.3731&lon=-81.5932&mi=10
- Aircraft: N59848, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N59848) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31-325 (registry code 7103105, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31-325) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-31-325
- Reported engine: LYCOMING TI0-540 SER
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 760 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170919019589I

## Narrative

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

PILOT TOOK OFF FROM CRW. EVERYTHING WAS GOOD BUT A LITTLE SLOW. AT ROTATION HEARD A CLUNK SOUND. TOWER CONFIRMED THE NOSE LANDING GEAR WAS NOT RETRACTED. PERFORMED EMERGENCY PROCEDURES FOR LANDING GEAR EMERGENCY BUT WAS UNABLE TO GET THE GEAR DOWN AND LOCKED. CIRCLED IN PATTERN TO BURN AS MUCH FUEL AS POSSIBLE. LANDED @ 1555 WITH NOSE GEAR COLLAPSE.

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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