# Incident 20220506006129I: Piper PA-28R-180, Fort Worth, TX, May 6, 2022

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 6, 2022, 11:12 local time
- Place: Fort Worth, TX
- Airport: Fort Worth Alliance
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.7254° N, 97.3208° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fort Worth, TX, within about 11 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7254&lon=-97.3208&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3705T, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3705T) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-180 (registry code 7102809, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28R-180
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 340 total, 140 in this make and model, 27 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220506006129I

## Narrative

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

DURING LANDING, PILOT OBSERVED THE NOSE GEAR INDICATOR LIGHT WAS NOT ILLUMINATED.  PILOT DIVERTED TO KAFW DUE TO AN OPERATING TOWER, TWO RUNWAYS AND RESCUE SERVICES AVAILABLE.  PILOT TROUBLESHOT AND ATTEMPTED TO CORRECT THE LANDING GEAR MALFUNCTION BUT WAS UNABLE.  PILOT LANDED ON RUNWAY 16L WITH NOSE GEAR STUCK IN THE UP POSITION.

## Other reports on N3705T (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19901027055319I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19901027055319I), Oct 27, 1990: Piper PA28R180 (N3705T), Syracuse, NY. Nose gear malfunction on approach. Landed safely. Replaced centering track.

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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