# Incident 19960912040359I: Piper PA24260, Akron, OH, September 12, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 12, 1996
- Place: Akron, OH
- Airport: Akron-Canton Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.9151° N, 81.4436° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at AKRON-CANTON RGNL (CAK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.9151&lon=-81.4436&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7082H, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7082H-2014-10-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-260 (registry code 7102406, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-260) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24260
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,000 total, 105 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960912040359I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: THE PILOT STATED THAT THE LANDING GEAR WOULD NOT EXTEND TO ITS FULL DOWN POSITION. THE PILOT INITIATED THE EMERGENCY PROCEDURES AS SPECIFIED IN THE AFM AND THE GEAR FAILED TO EXTEND FULLY. AFTER MAKING A GEAR-UP LANDING AND HAVING THE AIRCRAFT INSPECTED BY AIR CAMIS AT UAS DETERMINED THAT THE FRONT LANDING GEAR DOORS WERE BLOCKING THE EXTENSION OF THE LANDING GEAR. AIR CAMIS IS TO FORWARD MDR ON THIS INCIDENT.

## Other reports on N7082H (1)

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

- [Incident 20120701014159I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120701014159I), Jul 1, 2012: Piper PA-24-260 (N7082H), Lapointe, WI, Minor damage. The aircraft was departing runway 4 with six adults, overnight duffle type bags and approximately 70 gallons fuel onboard. The pilot stated he rotated for…

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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