# Incident 20230408003139I: Piper PA-28R-201T, Pueblo, CO, April 8, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 8, 2023, 12:00 local time
- Place: Pueblo, CO
- Airport: Pueblo Memorial
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.2899° N, 104.4980° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PUEBLO MEML (PUB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.2899&lon=-104.4980&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3514M, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3514M) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-201T (registry code 7102813, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-201t) (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-28R-201T
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 1,157 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230408003139I

## Narrative

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

ON APRIL 8, 2023, AT APPROXIMATELY 0915 LOCAL, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ A PIPER P28R REPORTED MALFUNCTIONING LANDING GEAR. AIRCRAFT EXECUTED A LOW APPROACH OVER RWY26L FOR TOWER OBSERVATION. OBSERVED WAS THE MAIN GEAR FULLY EXTENDED AND NOSE GEAR PARTIALLY EXTENDED. AIRCRAFT HELD OVER KPUB ATTEMPTING TO TROUBLESHOOT THE MALFUNCTION AND MINIMIZE ONBOARD FUEL.  AT 12:04 MDT AIRCRAFT LANDED ON RWY 35 WITH NOSE GEAR PARTIALLY EXTENDED. AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO PROP AND UNDERSIDE ENGINE COWLING.

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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