# Incident 20250821015029I: Piper PA-34-200T, Long Beach, CA, August 21, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 21, 2025, 17:50 local time
- Place: Long Beach, CA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.7670° N, 118.1892° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Long Beach, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7670&lon=-118.1892&mi=10
- Aircraft: N75RV, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N75RV) (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
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,033 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250821015029I

## Narrative

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

ON AUGUST 21, 2025, AT APPROXIMATELY 1750 LOCAL TIME, A PIPER PA34-200T WAS OPERATING UNDER PART 91 FLIGHT FROM KSJC TO KLGB. WHILE ON APPROACH TO LAND, THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR, BUT NO GREEN LIGHT ILLUMINATED FOR THE NOSE LANDING GEAR. THE PILOT WAS ABOUT ONE MILE FINAL AND NOTIFIED THE CONTROL TOWER OF THE ISSUE. THE TOWER REQUESTED A FLY-BY FOR A VISUAL CHECK. HOWEVER, THE PILOT USED THE AIRCRAFT'S MIRROR ON THE LEFT ENGINE COWLING TO CONFIRM THAT THE NOSE LANDING GEAR HAD NOT EXTENDED. THE PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND CLIMB TO 4,000 FEET AND CIRCLED AROUND THE AIRPORT WHILE PERFORMING EMERGENCY CHECK FOR LANDING GEAR FAILURE. THE PILOT PERFORMED EMERGENCY CHECKLIST CYCLES SEVERAL TIMES AND TRIED TO ROCK THE WINGS AND PUMP THE RUDDER PEDALS, BUT THE NOSE LANDING GEAR REMAINED RETRACTED. THE PILOT ADVISED THE CONTROL TOWER THEY WILL BE PERFORMING LANDING WITH GEAR RETRACTED. THE PILOT AND THE PASSENGER WERE ABLE TO EVACUATE THE AIRCRAFT SAFELY AND WITHOUT INJURY.

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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