# Incident 20230121005319I: Piper PA 46-350P, Denton, TX, January 21, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 21, 2023, 16:30 local time
- Place: Denton, TX
- Airport: Denton Enterprise
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.2020° N, 97.1991° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DENTON ENTERPRISE (DTO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.2020&lon=-97.1991&mi=10
- Aircraft: N722ET, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N722ET) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA 46-350P (registry code 7104620, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-46-350p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA 46-350P
- Reported engine: LYCOMING TI0-540 SER
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 3,800 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230121005319I

## Narrative

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

PILOT STATED THAT WHEN HE ARRIVED AT THE HANGAR, HIS AIRCRAFT HAD ALREADY BEEN PULLED OUTSIDE. HE PERFORMED HIS PREFLIGHT AND TAXIED OUT. DURING TAKEOFF IT FELT LIKE THERE WAS AN UNEXPECTED CROSS WIND. WHEN HE RETRACTED THE GEAR HE HAD A GEAR WARNING. HE CYCLED THE GEAR TWICE AND STILL HAD THE WARNING. HE DID A FLY-BY OF THE TOWER AND WAS INFORMED THAT HIS GEAR LOOKED UP BUT THE NOSE GEAR DOOR WAS STILL OPEN. HE LOWERED THE GEAR AND GOT A DOWN LOCKED INDICATION. TOWER INFORMED HIM THAT HIS GEAR APPEARED TO BE DOWN. WHEN HE LANDED THE AIRCRAFT WAS PULLING TO THE RIGHT. HE KEPT IT ON THE RUNWAY UNTIL IT SLOWED AND THEN LET IT MOVE OFF THE RUNWAY TO STOP. MAINTENANCE REPORTED IT WAS A BROKEN STEERING ARM. MAINTENANCE STATED THAT WHEN THE NOSE GEAR IS OVER ROTATED IT WILL CRACK THE ARM AND THEN WHEN THE GEAR IS RAISED IT BREAKS THE ARM. THE PILOT STATED HE DOES NOT KNOW WHO TOWED THE AIRCRAFT OUT OF THE HANGAR.

## Other reports on N722ET (1)

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

- [Incident 20011007029129I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20011007029129I), Oct 7, 2001: Piper PA46350P (N722ET), Jackson, MS, Minor damage. (-23) Aircraft landed rwy 34R. Approximately 5 seconds after the nose gear touched down the aircraft turned to the left. The nose gear collapsed. The aircraft…

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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