# Incident 20230113002899I: Piper PA-34-200T, Washington Cour, OH, January 13, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 13, 2023, 21:00 local time
- Place: Washington Cour, OH
- Airport: Fayette County
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.5704° N, 83.4205° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FAYETTE COUNTY (I23), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.5704&lon=-83.4205&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6890F, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6890F) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-200T (registry code 7103406, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-360 series (registry code 17019, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-34-200T
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-360 SER
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 660 total, 415 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230113002899I

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT DEPARTED KCNU WITH NO TAKEOFF OR ENROUTE ANOMALIES. THE AIRPLANE ENTERED INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS WHILE DESCENDING AND RECEIVING RADAR VECTORS FOR A VISUAL APPROACH INTO I23 AIRPORT.

UPON DESCENT PILOT BROKE OUT OF CLOUDS AROUND 3000 FEET INTO MARGINAL VFR CONDITIONS.

AT APPROXIMATELY 5 MILE FINAL FOR RUNWAY 5, THE AIRSPEED INDICATOR DROPPED TO AN INDICATION OF ZERO.  PILOT SAW THERE WAS ICE ON LEADING EDGE OF WINGS.  NO OTHER PITOT STATIC INSTRUMENTS WERE MALFUNCTIONING.

AT APPROXIMATELY 2 MILE FINAL THE LANDING GEAR WAS EXTENDED.  WARNING HORNS SOUNDED.  PILOT WAS UNSURE IF HE HAD 3 DOWN AND LOCKED. HE DID NOT CYCLE THE GEAR NOR TRY TO TROUBLE SHOOT.

THE PILOT SAW THE AIRPORT.  HE CHOSE TO NOT DECLARE AN EMERGENCY, AND TO LAND.

THE AIRPLANE LANDED WITH ONLY THE LEFT AND NOSE GEAR LOCKED DOWN. THE AIRPLANE DEPARTED THE PAVED SURFACE ON THE LANDING ROLL OUT.

THE RIGHT GEAR FAILED TO COME DOWN DURING THE LANDING.  THE LANDING GEAR PUMP CONTROL 25 AMP CIRCUIT BREAKER WAS DISCOVERED POPPED.  THE MECHANIC SWUNG THE GEAR SEVERAL TIMES AND WAS NOT ABLE TO REPEAT THE FAILURE.

## Other reports on N6890F (2)

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

- [Incident 20030331017189I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030331017189I), Mar 31, 2003: Piper PA34200T (N6890F), Harrisburg, PA, Minor damage. (-23) On left base to runway 30 at Capital City Airport (cxy), main landing gear came down and locked but nose gear did not (no indication). Pilot could hear…
- [Incident 19781206022739I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781206022739I), Dec 6, 1978: Piper PA34200 (N6890F), Wheeling, IL, Minor damage. Private pilot lost directional control after touchdown on icy runway.

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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