# Incident 19950316010699I: Piper PA34200T, Oshkosh, WI, March 16, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 16, 1995, 14:50 local time
- Place: Oshkosh, WI
- Airport: Wittman Regional Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.9844° N, 88.5570° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WITTMAN RGNL (OSH), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.9844&lon=-88.5570&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8328V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8328V) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-200T (registry code 7103406, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-360 GB (registry code 17070, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-360-gb) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA34200T
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO360EB
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 260 total, 38 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950316010699I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON MARCH 16, 1995, PIPER PA-34-200T, N8328V, REGISTERED TO LAUFER TRUCKING, INC., HARTFORD, WISCONSIN, AND OPERATED BY MR. ALAN A. LAUFER, DEPARTED HARTFORD MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (HXF) ON A PERSONAL FLIGHT WITH ONE PASSENGER ON BOARD AND VMC EXISTING. DURING AN APPROACH TO THE WEST BEND MUNICIPAL AIRPORT MR. LAUFER STATED THAT WHEN HE SELECTED THE LANDING GEAR DOWN THERE WAS NO DOWN & LOCKED INDICATION FOR THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR; THE LEFT MAIN AND NOSE BEING NORMAL. AFTER FIVE (5) ATTEMPTS TO GET A POSITIVE INDICATION FOR THE RIGHT MAIN BY CYCLING THE LANDING GEAR UP AND DOWN, MR. LAUFER ACCOMPLISHED A GEAR UP LANDING ON RWY 9, WITTMAN FIELD, OSHKOSH, WI. DURING THE LANDING APPROACH THE RIGHT ENGINE WAS SHUT DOWN FIRST FOLLOWED BY THE LEFT ENGINE ON THE FINAL APPROACH. BY USE OF THE STARTERS EACH PROPELLER WAS POSITIONED HORIZONTALLY WITH THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINING MINOR DAMAGE UPON LANDING. INSPECTION OF THE LANDING GEAR RETRACTION SYSTEM AT A LOCAL FBO REVEALED THE SQUAT SWITCH ON THE RIGHT, MAIN GEAR STRUT MECHANISM WAS LOOSE IN ITS MOUNTING WHICH RESULTED IN A FALSE (LACK OF) GEAR DOWN AND LOCKED INDICATION IN THE COCKPIT. LANDING GEAR WAS RIGGED PER THE MANUFACTURERS INSTRUCTIONS AND FUNCTIONALLY CHECKED. AN FAA FORM 8010-4, MALFUNCTION OR DEFECT REPORT, TO BE SUBMITTED BY MECHANIC. THIS INCIDENT IS CONSIDERED CLOSED.

## Other reports on N8328V (1)

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

- [Accident 20171203022589A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20171203022589A), Dec 3, 2017: Piper PA-34-200T (N8328V), Thomasville, GA, Substantial damage. On 12/03/2017 the pilot of aircraft N8328V departed pk airpark (5W4), raeford, NC at approximately 13:05 enroute to Thomasville regional airport (tvi),…

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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