# Incident 19950101005539I: Piper PA24400, Oxford, CT, January 1, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 1, 1995, 15:25 local time
- Place: Oxford, CT
- Airport: Waterbury-Oxford
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.4783° N, 73.1352° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WATERBURY-OXFORD (OXC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.4783&lon=-73.1352&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8475P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8475P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-400 (registry code 7102408, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-400) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-720 series (registry code 41546, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-720-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24400
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,300 total, 700 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950101005539I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: PILOT REPORTED THAT GEAR APPEARED TO COLLAPSE AFTER TOUCHDOWN ON R/W 18OXC. AIRCRAFT SLID 1000' TO STOP. MINIMAL DAMAGE. PROPELLER-ENGINE STOPPAGE. WITNESSES REPORTED THAT GEAR WAS NOT DOWN AND AIRCRAFT SETTLED ON R/W. ON SITE INVESTIGATION SHOWED GEAR HANDLE DOWN. AIRCRAFT WAS RAISED, ELECTRICAL POWER PUT ON, GEAR REMAINED UP. BOTH GEAR CIRCUIT BREAKERS WERE FOUND POPPED. RE-SET CIRCUIT BREAKERS, GEAR CAME DOWN NORMALLY. NO DAMAGE NOTED ON GEAR DOORS OR WHEELS. THIS APPEARS TO CONFIRM THAT GEAR WAS UP AND LOCKED WHEN IT SETTLED ON TO THE RUNWAY. SECOND INTERVIEW WITH PILOT/OWNER REVEALED THAT HE REPORTED HAVING PROBLEMS RETRACTING THE GEAR EARLIER DURING THE FLIGHT. WE REQUESTED TO WITNESS A RETRACT TEST AS SOON AS PRACTICAL TO CONFIRM REPORTED GEAR PROBLEM.

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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