19950531016409I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-24-250 · Eugene, OR · May 31, 1995

Date: May 31, 1995 · 16:20 local
Place: Eugene, OR
Airport: Mahlon Sweet Field
Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N8013P
Reported as: Piper PA24250
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,900 total1,310 in this make and model22 in the last 90 days

N8013PRegistration cancelled Nov 5, 2022 · Piper PA-24-250S/N 24-3256 · Built 1962 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.

Narrative: on 5/31/95, pilot departed reno, Nevada at 1330 PDT. Aircraft N8013P, PA-24-250 is owned by pilot geoffrey l. walsh. One passenger on board was his wife. Destination of flight was creswell, Oregon. Pilot stated that flight was uneventful until about seven miles out from creswell airport. He tried lowering landing gear but circuit breaker popped. He tried emergency measures but system wouldn't work. Pilot proceeded to Eugene airport and contacted ATCT and mechanics on ground for emergency procedures. Aircraft landed gear-up on runway 3. Minor damage to aircraft belly and no injuries. On scene investigation revealed that an electrical short in wires caused circuit breaker to pop. The emergency t-handle for the lo presti STC-SA00426AT nose gear door wholly cowl modification jammed, preventing disengagement of the jack screw assembly. privacy data omitted Two system failures took place. Landing gear couldn't have been extended in this situation. This investigation is closed.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: ON 5/31/95, PILOT DEPARTED RENO, NEVADA AT 1330 PDT. AIRCRAFT N8013P, PA-24-250 IS OWNED BY PILOT GEOFFREY L. WALSH. ONE PASSENGER ON BOARD WAS HIS WIFE. DESTINATION OF FLIGHT WAS CRESWELL, OREGON. PILOT STATED THAT FLIGHT WAS UNEVENTFUL UNTIL ABOUT SEVEN MILES OUT FROM CRESWELL AIRPORT. HE TRIED LOWERING LANDING GEAR BUT CIRCUIT BREAKER POPPED. HE TRIED EMERGENCY MEASURES BUT SYSTEM WOULDN'T WORK. PILOT PROCEEDED TO EUGENE AIRPORT AND CONTACTED ATCT AND MECHANICS ON GROUND FOR EMERGENCY PROCEDURES. AIRCRAFT LANDED GEAR-UP ON RUNWAY 3. MINOR DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT BELLY AND NO INJURIES. ON SCENE INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT AN ELECTRICAL SHORT IN WIRES CAUSED CIRCUIT BREAKER TO POP. THE EMERGENCY T-HANDLE FOR THE LO PRESTI STC-SA00426AT NOSE GEAR DOOR WHOLLY COWL MODIFICATION JAMMED, PREVENTING DISENGAGEMENT OF THE JACK SCREW ASSEMBLY. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ TWO SYSTEM FAILURES TOOK PLACE. LANDING GEAR COULDN'T HAVE BEEN EXTENDED IN THIS SITUATION. THIS INVESTIGATION IS CLOSED.