# Incident 19850318010419I: Piper PA24250, Casa Grande, AZ, March 18, 1985

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 18, 1985, 19:10 local time
- Place: Casa Grande, AZ
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.8795° N, 111.7574° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Casa Grande, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8795&lon=-111.7574&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5297P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5297P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-250 (registry code 7102404, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24250
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,550 total, 130 in this make and model, 28 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850318010419I

## Narrative

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

DURING FLARE HEARD GEAR WARNING HORN SCRAPING, WENT AROUND. GEAR SWITCH IN NEUTRAL POSITION. UNABLE TO EXTEND GEAR.

## Other reports on N5297P (1)

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

- [Incident 19890720040139I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890720040139I), Jul 20, 1989: Piper PA24250 (N5297P), Tucson, AZ, Minor damage. Landing gear collapsed on landing rollout. Found malfunction of gear mechanism.

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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