# Incident 19950326008529I: Piper PA24250, Portland, ME, March 26, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 26, 1995, 16:23 local time
- Place: Portland, ME
- Airport: Portland International Jetport
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.6456° N, 70.3086° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PORTLAND INTL JETPORT (PWM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.6456&lon=-70.3086&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7757P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7757P-2012-10-09) (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
- Reported engine: LYC O540A1A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,006 total, 251 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950326008529I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON MARCH 26, 1995 AT APPROXIMATELY 1623 EST, MR. CLARENCE JAMES, JR., PIC OF N7757P, A PIPER PA-24-250, PREPARED FOR LANDING ON RWY 36 AT PWM. AFTER SELECTING "GEAR DOWN" POSITION, PIC DID NOT GET THE THREE GREEN LIGHTS INDICATING THAT THE LANDING GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED. HE THEN CONTACTED PWM TOWER AND ADVISED OF SITUATION. TOWER ADVISED PIC TO EXECUTE A FLYBY FOR VERIFICATION OF GEAR UP OR DOWN. IT WAS NOTED BY THE TOWER THAT THE GEAR WAS PARTIALLY DOWN. PIC THEN LOWERED THE GEAR MANUALLY AND CONDUCTED A SECOND FLYBY. TOWER CONFIRMED THAT THE GEAR APPEARED TO BE DOWN AND LOCKED. N7757P THEN LANDED RWY 36 WITHOUT INCIDENT. AFTER TAXIING TO THE GENERAL AVIATION TERMINAL, MR. JAMES WAS INFORMED BY AIRPORT PERSONNEL THAT THERE WERE NO MAINTENANCE FACILITIES OPEN ON SUNDAY. HE WAS THEN ADVISED TO LEAVE THE AIRCRAFT, WHERE IN MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL WOULD DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM ON MONDAY AM. MR. JAMES DECLINED AND STATED THAT HE WOULD FLY TO SANFORD, MAINE (SFM) FOR REPAIRS. HE THEN DEPARTED PWM AND CONTINUED THE FLIGHT TO SFM WITH THE GEAR DOWN. AT SFM, MAINTENANCE FOUND THE LANDING GEAR MOTOR WAS INOPERATIVE. THE CIRCUIT BREAKER WAS NOT "POPPED".

## Other reports on N7757P (5)

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

- [Accident 20110509009241A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110509009241A), May 9, 2011: Piper PA-24-250 (N7757P), Wawayanda, NY, Destroyed, 1 fatal. [privacy data omitted], Flying PA-24-250, N7757P, departed runway 03 at the orange county, NY (mgj) airport at approximately 1341L, withinapproximately 1…
- [Incident 20010529009789I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010529009789I), May 29, 2001: Piper PA24250 (N7757P), Biddeford, ME, Minor damage. (-23)During an instructional flight, a soft-field landing was made on rwy 24, landing approx 500 feet from threhold, shortly after touchdown, aircraft started…
- [Incident 19820218005759I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820218005759I), Feb 18, 1982: Piper PA24250 (N7757P), Abilene, TX, Minor damage. Landed gear up. Had tried to reset popped hot circuit breaker. Failed to use emergency gear.
- [Incident 19790121002779I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790121002779I), Jan 21, 1979: Piper PA24250 (N7757P), San Angelo, TX, Minor damage. Pilot unable to fully extend landing gear. Bulkhead assembly aft of landing gear motor was broken.
- [Accident 19770702016859A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770702016859A), Jul 2, 1977: Piper PA24250 (N7757P), Russellville, AR, Substantial damage

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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