# Incident 20171108018409I: Piper PA-23-250, Rutherfordton, NC, November 8, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 8, 2017, 16:26 local time
- Place: Rutherfordton, NC
- Airport: Rutherford Co - Marchman Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.4282° N, 81.9351° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at RUTHERFORD COUNTY/MARCHMAN FLD (FQD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.4282&lon=-81.9351&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6715A, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6715A) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-250 (registry code 7102308, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-23-250
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 41,000 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20171108018409I

## Narrative

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

ON APPROACH TO LAND AT FQD THE NLG DOWN AND LOCKED GREEN INDICATION LIGHT DID NOT ILLUMINATE.  PILOT SWITCHED LIGHT BULBS WITH NO CHANGE.  PILOT THEN ATTEMPTED TO EXTEND GEAR WITH ALTERNATE GEAR HAND PUMP.  LIGHT STILL DID NOT ILLUMINATE.  PILOT DECIDED TO LAND AIRCRAFT WHILE KEEPING THE NOSE GEAR OFF AS LONG AS POSSIBLE.  AICRAFT INITIALLY SETTLED ON ALL THREE GEAR BUT DURING ROLL OUT THE NLG COLLAPSED RESULTING IN DAMAGE TO NLG DOORS, NOSE CONE, NAV ANTENNA AND PROP BLADES ON BOTH ENGINES.

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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