20250430004669I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28R-200 · Mobile, AL · April 30, 2025

Date
April 30, 2025 · 09:18 local
Place
Mobile, AL
Airport
Mobile Regional
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N56418
Reported as
Piper PA-28R-200
Reported engine
Lycoming I0360 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
1,000 total

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

Pilot stated that during traffic pattern work the landing gear did not appear to be operating normally, and nose gear was slow to retract.

On final landing the nose gear was slow to extend.

On landing the nose gear jolted and caused the aircraft to swerve off the runway.

Aircraft was not otherwise damaged and no injuries were reported.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT STATED THAT DURING TRAFFIC PATTERN WORK THE LANDING GEAR DID NOT APPEAR TO BE OPERATING NORMALLY, AND NOSE GEAR WAS SLOW TO RETRACT.

ON FINAL LANDING THE NOSE GEAR WAS SLOW TO EXTEND.

ON LANDING THE NOSE GEAR JOLTED AND CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO SWERVE OFF THE RUNWAY.

AIRCRAFT WAS NOT OTHERWISE DAMAGED AND NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED.