What was found
PILOT WAS TAXIING OFF OF RUNWAY ON AN UNIMPROVED AREA. THE NOSE GEAR DOWN LOCK WAS RELEASED DUE TO ROUGH TERRAIN AND THE NOSE GEAR ACTUATOR ROD WAS BENT APPROXIMATELY 60 DEGREES.
- Difficulty date
- March 11, 2002
- Submitted
- March 27, 2002
- Operation
- General aviation
- Aircraft
- N3285P
- Make and model
- Piper PA23160
- Aircraft serial
- 231233
- Engine
- Lyc O320*
- System (JASC)
- 3222 · Nose/Tail Landing Gear Strut/Axle
- Part
- Actuator
- Part number
- 3503002
- Condition
- Broken
- Location
- Nlg
- Part time
- 1,572 hours
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- V
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.