# Incident 19960409010099I: Piper PA24250, Dayton, OH, April 9, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 9, 1996, 18:45 local time
- Place: Dayton, OH
- Airport: Dayton General Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.7589° N, 84.1916° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Dayton, OH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7589&lon=-84.1916&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7753P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7753P) (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: 350 total, 100 in this make and model, 14 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960409010099I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON APRIL 9, 1996, AT 1845 EDT, A PIPER PA-24-250, N7753P, REGISTERED TO TIMOTHY J. BUTLER, HAD THE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSE DURING THE LANDING ROLL OUT AT DAYTON GENERAL SOUTH AIRPORT (MGY), OHIO, WHILE ON A PERSONAL FLIGHT CONDUCTED UNDER 14 CFR PART 91. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME. NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE. THE PILOT AND SOLE PERSON ON BOARD WAS NOT INJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT HIGH POINT, NORTH CAROLINA ON APRIL 9, 1996, AT 1500 EDT. MAIN LANDING GEAR RETRACTION LINK FAILED CAUSING LANDING GEAR TO FOLD UP.

## Other reports on N7753P (1)

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

- [Incident 19980301047299I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980301047299I), Mar 1, 1998: Piper PA24250 (N7753P), High Point, NC, Minor damage. (-23)The pilot Mr. Butler landed at NC03 (dar field). This grass field was wet and soft. On landing the nose and main gear sank into the soft ground and were…

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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