19951216044409I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-24-250 · Redding, CA · December 16, 1995

Date
December 16, 1995 · 09:10 local
Place
Redding, CA
Airport
Benton Field Airport
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N5580P
Reported as
Piper PA24250
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
34 total15 in this make and model13 in the last 90 days

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: 1. Landing gear did not extend on landing. 2. When pilot put landing gear lever to the down position he said that he could smell something like electric wire burning and he also lost all radio systems. The pilot stated that he had a green light showing for the landing gear and was positive that it was in the down position, the pilot said that he checked all the circuit breakers and that they were all in. Witness on the ground tried to warn the pilot that his landing gear was not down, the aircraft landed on its belly causing damage to the propeller, lower engine cowling and fuselage belly skin. 3. In talking to the shop forman of hillside aviation the FBO that recovered the aircraft and is going to repair it. He stated that they could not find anything wrong with the landing gear or its indicator system. 4. No pilot deviations. 5. No nemac.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: 1. LANDING GEAR DID NOT EXTEND ON LANDING. 2. WHEN PILOT PUT LANDING GEAR LEVER TO THE DOWN POSITION HE SAID THAT HE COULD SMELL SOMETHING LIKE ELECTRIC WIRE BURNING AND HE ALSO LOST ALL RADIO SYSTEMS. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE HAD A GREEN LIGHT SHOWING FOR THE LANDING GEAR AND WAS POSITIVE THAT IT WAS IN THE DOWN POSITION, THE PILOT SAID THAT HE CHECKED ALL THE CIRCUIT BREAKERS AND THAT THEY WERE ALL IN. WITNESS ON THE GROUND TRIED TO WARN THE PILOT THAT HIS LANDING GEAR WAS NOT DOWN, THE AIRCRAFT LANDED ON ITS BELLY CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER, LOWER ENGINE COWLING AND FUSELAGE BELLY SKIN. 3. IN TALKING TO THE SHOP FORMAN OF HILLSIDE AVIATION THE FBO THAT RECOVERED THE AIRCRAFT AND IS GOING TO REPAIR IT. HE STATED THAT THEY COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH THE LANDING GEAR OR ITS INDICATOR SYSTEM. 4. NO PILOT DEVIATIONS. 5. NO NEMAC.

Other reports on N5580P · 1

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