# Incident 20250829016519I: Piper PA-23-250, Port St. Lucie, FL, August 29, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 29, 2025, 10:08 local time
- Place: Port St. Lucie, FL
- Airport: Treasure Coast Airpark
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.2409° N, 80.4886° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TREASURE COAST AIRPARK (FL37), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.2409&lon=-80.4886&mi=10
- Aircraft: N930MD, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N930MD) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-250 (registry code 7102308, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (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-23-250
- Reported engine: LYCOMING TI0-540 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 19,000 total, 4,140 in this make and model, 146 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250829016519I

## Narrative

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

PILOT EXPERIENCED A GEAR ISSUE AS HE WAS MAKING HIS APPROACH INTO RWY 28R AT PBI. PILOT CONDUCTED A LOW APPROACH, NOSE

GEAR APPEARED IN THE UP POSITION. PILOT ELECTED TO DIVERT TO HIS HOME BASE OF FL37. UPON LANDING, THE AIRCRAFT WAS REPORTED TO

HAVE EXPERIENCED NOSE CONE DAMAGE. PORT ST. LUCIE, FL (FL37): ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, PA23, EXPERIENCED A NOSE GEAR MALFUNCTION AND LANDED ON RUNWAY 10/28 WITH THE NOSE GEAR RETRACTED. AIRCRAFT BECAME DISABLED ON THE RUNWAY. THE GEAR WAS DEPLOYED MANUALLY AND AIRCRAFT WAS MOVED TO THE RAMP. NO INJURY TO THE PILOT AND AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE.

PILOT STATEMENT: I WAS FLYING ON PART 91 LEG TO PBI AND THE GEAR DIDN'T GO DOWN. TRIED USING MANUAL PUMP AND ENDED UP USING CO2 BOTTLE TO BLOW GEAR DOWN. ONLY GOT GREEN LIGHTS FOR MAIN GEAR AND COULD SEE NOSE WASN'T EXTENDED IN THE MIRROR. TRIED NUMEROUS MANEUVERS IN AIR AND TOUCH AND GOES TO GET IT TO EXTEND. ENDED UP LANDING WITH NO NOSE GEAR WITH PROPS FEATHERED. ONLY DAMAGE WAS TO THE NOSE.

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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