# Incident 19960816045009I: Piper PA24250, Ravenna, OH, August 16, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 16, 1996, 10:15 local time
- Place: Ravenna, OH
- Airport: Portage County Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.2102° N, 81.2516° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PORTAGE COUNTY (POV), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.2102&lon=-81.2516&mi=10
- Aircraft: N288AB, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N288AB) (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: 3,000 total, 700 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960816045009I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: THE PILOT STATED: HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO LAND THIS PLANE AT THE PORTAGE CO. AIRPORT. THAT THE CIRCUIT BREAKER ON THE LANDING GEAR KEPT POPPING AND THE GEAR WOULD NOT GO DOWN, HE TRIED THE EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSION BUT THAT FAILED ALSO. HE THEN NOTIFIED THE AIRPORT AND LANDED THE AIRCRAFT GEAR UP ON RUNWAY 27. THE PILOT AND MR. STAFFELD AN A&P MECHANIC WHO HOLDS IA AUTHORIZATION STATED TO A/WING P. ROBERT TAYLOR, "THAT THE GEAR WILL ONLY RUN INTERMITTANTLY (2 OUT OF 3 TIMES) AND THE GEAR POSITION LIGHT IS INTERMITTANTLY INOPERATIVE. THE CIRCUIT POPS AND THE GEAR RUNS DOWN WHEN THE CIRCUIT BREAKER IS HELD IN." FURTHER INVESTIGATION IS ON GOING.

## Other reports on N288AB (1)

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

- [Incident 20150323005689I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150323005689I), Mar 23, 2015: Piper PA-24-250 (N288AB), Sidney, OH, Minor damage. Flight originated from 1B1 to khfy for 4 hrs 17 min. In route to destination pilot switched tank to right main at 1658. Shortly after tank switched engine…

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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