19890325016949I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-24-250 · Denver, CO · March 25, 1989

Date: March 25, 1989 · 22:35 local
Place: Denver, CO
Airport: Jeffco Airport
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N7170P
Reported as: Piper PA24250
Reported engine: Lycoming O540A1A5
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,241 total1,000 in this make and model12 in the last 90 days

N7170PRegistered now · Piper PA-24-250S/N 24-2338 · Built 1960 Airframe modelPiper PA-24-250 Engine modelLycoming 0-540 seriesReciprocating

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Unable to get gear safe light. Used fuel up. Gear collapsed on rollout. Suspect nose gear locking mechanism.

As the FAA filed it

UNABLE TO GET GEAR SAFE LIGHT. USED FUEL UP. GEAR COLLAPSED ON ROLLOUT. SUSPECT NOSE GEAR LOCKING MECHANISM.