# Incident 19951216044409I: Piper PA24250, Redding, CA, December 16, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 16, 1995, 09:10 local time
- Place: Redding, CA
- Airport: Benton Field Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.5737° N, 122.4073° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BENTON FLD (O85), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.5737&lon=-122.4073&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5580P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5580P) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 34 total, 15 in this make and model, 13 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19951216044409I

## Narrative

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

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)

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

- [Incident 20010902024409I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010902024409I), Sep 2, 2001: Piper PA24250 (N5580P), San Luis Obispo, CA. (-23) The pilot reported that he was taking off using runway 29 at san Luis obisop, CA for a flight to whiteman (whp) with normal instrument indications. He…

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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