# Incident 19960601012319I: Piper PA24250, Valdosta, GA, June 1, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 1, 1996, 10:32 local time
- Place: Valdosta, GA
- Airport: Valdosta Regional Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.7815° N, 83.2760° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at VALDOSTA RGNL (VLD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.7815&lon=-83.2760&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5577P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5577P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-250 (registry code 7102404, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24250
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 262 total, 4 in this make and model, 11 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960601012319I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: AIRCRAFT N5577P DEPARTED STUART, FLORIDA (SUA) 0830 EN-ROUTE TO VALDOSTA, GEORGIA (VLD). THE TOWER CLEARED N5577P TO LAND RUNWAY 35. THE PILOT PLACED THE GEAR HANDLE IN THE DOWN POSITION BUT DID NOT GET A GREEN LIGHT. HE FLEW BY THE TOWER AND THEY INDICATED THE GEAR WAS DOWN. FINAL APPROACH THE LANDING GEAR INDICATED A GREEN LIGHT. THE LANDING WAS SOFT; HOWEVER, THE GEAR COLLAPSED. NO INJURIES. NO FIRE.

## Other reports on N5577P (2)

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

- [Incident 19930127004169I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930127004169I), Jan 27, 1993: Piper PA24250 (N5577P), Big Bear, CA, Minor damage. Landing gear collapsed on landing rollout. Pilot stated he had gear down light.
- [Incident 19890115005649I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890115005649I), Jan 15, 1989: Piper PA24250 (N5577P), Houston, TX, Minor damage. Landing gear collapsed during landing roll. Had gear safe light. Cause undetermined.

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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