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Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28R-201 · Ontario, CA · October 15, 2020

Date
October 15, 2020 · 11:53 local
Place
Ontario, CA
Phase of flight
Descent
Operating rules
Pilot school (Part 141)
Operator
CBUS
Damage
No damage
Aircraft
N373CB
Reported as
Piper PA-28R-201
Reported engine
Lycoming IO-360-C1C6
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot

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.

Pilot placed the landing gear selector to down and heard a loud "clunk" the nose gear green down and lock light did not illuminate. Aircraft landed safely with no damage to aircraft or injuries. Upon further investigation, it was found that the nose gear down lock attach bracket was cracked.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT PLACED THE LANDING GEAR SELECTOR TO DOWN AND HEARD A LOUD "CLUNK" THE NOSE GEAR GREEN DOWN AND LOCK LIGHT DID NOT ILLUMINATE. AIRCRAFT LANDED SAFELY WITH NO DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT OR INJURIES. UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION, IT WAS FOUND THAT THE NOSE GEAR DOWN LOCK ATTACH BRACKET WAS CRACKED.