# Incident 19940103001049I: Piper PA28R201, Omaha, NE, January 3, 1994

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 3, 1994, 14:10 local time
- Place: Omaha, NE
- Airport: Eppley Airfield
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.3032° N, 95.8941° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at EPPLEY AIRFIELD (OMA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3032&lon=-95.8941&mi=10
- Aircraft: N47738, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N47738) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-201 (registry code 7102816, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-201) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R201
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 470 total, 100 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940103001049I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: PILOT DEPARTED MILLARD, NEBRASKA AIRPORT ON LOCAL PLEASURE FLIGHT WITH SCHEDULED LANDING AT EPPLEY AIRFIELD, OMAHA, NEBRASKA. PRIOR TO RETURNING TO MILLARD AIRPORT AFTER EXTENDING THE LANDING GEAR PRIOR TO LANDING AT EPPLEY, THE PILOT NOTICED THAT THE LEFT MAIN GEAR INDICATOR LIGHT SHOWED AN UNSAFE INDICATION. HE THEN RECYCLED THE LANDING GEAR, WITH THE SAME UNSAFE CONDITION INDICATED ON THE LEFT GEAR. HE REQUESTED A "FLYBY" OF THE CONTROL TOWER TO CONFIRM THAT LANDING GEAR WAS DOWN. THE TOWER CONFIRMED THAT THE GEAR WAS DOWN AND THE PILOT LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT WITH CFR STANDING BY. MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL INSPECTED THE AIRCRAFT AND FOUND BROKEN WIRE ON THE LEFT GEAR INDICATOR SWITCH; WIRE WAS REPAIRED AND GEAR CHECKED FOR PROPER OPERATION. SDR SUBMITTED. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED WITH THIS REPORT.

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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