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A PA-44 pilot verified three green gear down lock lights and completed the landing checklist but the nose gear collapsed on landing causing some damage but no injuries.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1078984 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201204 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | PA-44 Seminole/Turbo Seminole |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Landing |
| Route In Use | Visual Approach |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Nose Gear |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Instructor Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Instrument |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 120 Flight Crew Total 1500 Flight Crew Type 360 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical |
Narrative:
I was on a standardization flight in the seminole. We had done multiple practice approaches and were on the last one; the ILS 31. At FAF I brought the gear down and verified 3 green lights; no red; [and] 1 in the mirror with the other instructor pilot. At 1;000 feet MSL we did another gumps check. The touchdown was normal and on centerline about 1;500 feet from the approach end. The nose gear collapsed after touchdown and the reduced clearance caused the propellers to strike the surface of the runway. We cutoff the mixtures; made a report to tower and then turned everything off.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A PA-44 pilot verified three green gear down lock lights and completed the landing checklist but the nose gear collapsed on landing causing some damage but no injuries.
Narrative: I was on a standardization flight in the Seminole. We had done multiple practice approaches and were on the last one; the ILS 31. At FAF I brought the gear down and verified 3 green lights; no red; [and] 1 in the mirror with the other instructor pilot. At 1;000 feet MSL we did another GUMPS check. The touchdown was normal and on centerline about 1;500 feet from the approach end. The nose gear collapsed after touchdown and the reduced clearance caused the propellers to strike the surface of the runway. We cutoff the mixtures; made a report to Tower and then turned everything off.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.