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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-60-602P · Spokane, WA · January 2, 2020

Date
January 2, 2020 · 15:17 local
Place
Spokane, WA
Airport
Felts Field
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N62DG
Reported as
Piper PA-60-602P
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
900 total

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

After short flight from coe to sff, pilot attempted to deploy landing gear and got only two green lights. Cycled gear with same result. Had tower look and gear appeared down. Upon landing, pilot felt nose gear touchdown, and then collapse.

As the FAA filed it

AFTER SHORT FLIGHT FROM COE TO SFF, PILOT ATTEMPTED TO DEPLOY LANDING GEAR AND GOT ONLY TWO GREEN LIGHTS. CYCLED GEAR WITH SAME RESULT. HAD TOWER LOOK AND GEAR APPEARED DOWN. UPON LANDING, PILOT FELT NOSE GEAR TOUCHDOWN, AND THEN COLLAPSE.