# Incident 20251123019639I: Piper PA-32R-301, Orlando, FL, November 23, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 23, 2025, 12:05 local time
- Place: Orlando, FL
- Airport: Orlando Executive Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.5455° N, 81.3329° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ORLANDO EXEC (ORL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.5455&lon=-81.3329&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9264A, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9264A) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32R-301 (registry code 7103218, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32r-301) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-32R-301
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-540 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,590 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20251123019639I

## Narrative

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

PILOT STATEMENT: ON NOVEMBER 23, 2025, I DEPARTED TAMIAMI EXECUTIVE AIRPORT (KTMB) AT APPROXIMATELY 10:00 A.M., EN ROUTE TO ORLANDO EXECUTIVE AIRPORT (KORL), OPERATING MY PIPER SARATOGA. I WAS THE SOLE OCCUPANT; NO PASSENGERS WERE ABOARD.

AS I PREPARED FOR LANDING ON RUNWAY 25 AT KORL, I EXTENDED THE LANDING GEAR. THE MAIN LANDING GEAR INDICATED DOWN AND LOCKED WITH TWO GREEN LIGHTS; HOWEVER, THE NOSE GEAR DID NOT DISPLAY A GREEN LIGHT. I IMMEDIATELY NOTIFIED THE CONTROL TOWER THAT I INTENDED TO MAKE A LOW PASS SO THEY COULD VISUALLY CONFIRM THE POSITION OF THE LANDING GEAR. THE TOWER ADVISED THAT THE NOSE GEAR DID NOT APPEAR TO BE IN THE LOCKED POSITION.

I THEN ADVISED THE TOWER THAT I WOULD REMAIN NORTH OF THE AIRPORT WHILE ATTEMPTING TO TROUBLESHOOT THE LANDING-GEAR SYSTEM. I CYCLED THE GEAR, FOLLOWED THE EMERGENCY PROCEDURES FOR LANDING-GEAR DEPLOYMENT, AND ATTEMPTED TO MANUALLY EXERCISE THE GEAR; HOWEVER, THE NOSE GEAR STILL WOULD NOT LOCK, AND THE GEAR WOULD NOT RECYCLE. THE MAIN LANDING GEAR REMAINED DOWN AND LOCKED THROUGHOUT, BUT THE NOSE GEAR WOULD NOT ENGAGE.

I SUBSEQUENTLY INFORMED THE TOWER THAT I WOULD PROCEED WITH A LANDING ON RUNWAY 25 WITH THE NOSE GEAR TRAILING SO THAT A PROPELLER STRIKE COULD BE ANTICIPATED. I EXECUTED A “SOFT-FIELD LANDING”, DURING WHICH THE AIRCRAFT SKIDDED APPROXIMATELY 15 TO 20 YARDS BEFORE COMING TO A COMPLETE STOP. I DID NOT SUSTAIN ANY INJURIES.

THE AIRCRAFT WAS REMOVED FROM THE RUNWAY TO THE AIRPORT RAMP AREA AND SUBSEQUENTLY TOWED TO SHELTAIR. UPON INITIAL INSPECTION, THE AIRCRAFT WAS FOUND TO HAVE SUSTAINED A PROPELLER STRIKE AND ABRASION DAMAGE TO THE LOWER COWLING. THE CAUSE OF THE NOSE-GEAR FAILURE HAS NOT YET BEEN DETERMINED, AND THE AIRCRAFT IS CURRENTLY UNDERGOING FURTHER EXAMINATION.

## Other reports on N9264A (1)

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

- [Incident 19870603021869I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870603021869I), Jun 3, 1987: Piper PA32R301T (N9264A), Charleston, WV. Alternator failed short of destination. ATC cleared aircraft to VFR safe landing. Alternator belt had failed.

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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