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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-44-180T · Mt. Vernon, IL · December 5, 2020

Date: December 5, 2020 · 21:32 local
Place: Mt. Vernon, IL
Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
Operator: 9AGS
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N83750
Reported as: Piper PA-44-180T
Reported engine: Lycoming T0-360 series
People aboard: 3
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0

N83750Registration cancelled Apr 2, 2022 · Piper PA-44-180TS/N 44-8107053 · Built 1981 Airframe modelPiper PA-44-180T Engine modelLycoming T0-360 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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

Narrative:

On December 05, 2020 at 21:18 local time, a Piper PA-44/180T landed on runway 05 at the Mt. Vernon Illinois / outland airport with a partially extended nose landing gear. Three souls on board exited the aircraft without injury. The resultant landing caused minimal aircraft damage extending to the fiberglass composite nosecone, nose landing gear doors and all blades of left and right propeller assemblies. Crash/fire/rescue equipment and men was standing ready adjacent to the landing runway and secured the no fire post landing event. The aircraft was positioned to manually extend, brace and secure the nose landing gear and subsequently removed from the runway to a secure locked hangar.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE:

ON DECEMBER 05, 2020 AT 21:18 LOCAL TIME, A PIPER PA-44/180T LANDED ON RUNWAY 05 AT THE MT. VERNON ILLINOIS / OUTLAND AIRPORT WITH A PARTIALLY EXTENDED NOSE LANDING GEAR. THREE SOULS ON BOARD EXITED THE AIRCRAFT WITHOUT INJURY. THE RESULTANT LANDING CAUSED MINIMAL AIRCRAFT DAMAGE EXTENDING TO THE FIBERGLASS COMPOSITE NOSECONE, NOSE LANDING GEAR DOORS AND ALL BLADES OF LEFT AND RIGHT PROPELLER ASSEMBLIES. CRASH/FIRE/RESCUE EQUIPMENT AND MEN WAS STANDING READY ADJACENT TO THE LANDING RUNWAY AND SECURED THE NO FIRE POST LANDING EVENT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS POSITIONED TO MANUALLY EXTEND, BRACE AND SECURE THE NOSE LANDING GEAR AND SUBSEQUENTLY REMOVED FROM THE RUNWAY TO A SECURE LOCKED HANGAR.