# Incident 19961013040489I: Piper PA24260, Mosinee, WI, October 13, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 13, 1996, 20:25 local time
- Place: Mosinee, WI
- Airport: Central Wisconsin
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.7778° N, 89.6659° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CENTRAL WISCONSIN (CWA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.7778&lon=-89.6659&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8667P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8667P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-260 (registry code 7102406, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-260) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24260
- Reported engine: LYC IO540N1A5
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 400 total, 300 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961013040489I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON OCTOBER 13, 1996 AT 2025 CDT A PIPER, PA-24-260, N8667P LANDED, GEAR-UP, ON RUNWAY 35, CENTRAL WISCONSIN, MOSINEE, MARATHON COUNTY, WISCONSIN. THE PRIVATE PILOT AND ONE (1) PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED AND THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE. THE FLIGHT, CONDUCTED UNDER 14CFR PART 91, ORIGINATED AT NECEDAH, WISCONSIN AT APPROXIMATELY 2000 CDT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT, NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE WAS ON A FOUR (4) MILE FINAL AT BETWEEN 3500 AND 4000 FEET WHEN HE WAS CLEARED TO LAND. WHEN APPROXIMATELY THREE (3) MILES FROM LANDING THE TOWER REQUESTED THAT HE SLOW DOWN SO THAT ANOTHER AIRCRAFT COULD DEPART. AT THIS POINT HE STATED THAT HE BECAME DISTRACTED BY INDIVIDUALS "SHINING DEER" IN THE VICINITY OF THE APPROACH END OF THE RUNWAY. BECAUSE OF THIS DISTRACTION HE FORGOT TO PUT THE LANDING GEAR DOWN. HE STATED THAT HE DID NOT REALIZE THAT THE GEAR WAS NOT DOWN UNTIL HE SCRAPED THE RUNWAY. HE STATED THAT HE DID NOT HEAR A GEAR HORN WARNING, HE WAS WEARING A HEADSET. MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL CYCLED THE LANDING GEAR NUMEROUS TIMES, THERE WAS NO MALFUNCTION IN THE LANDING GEAR SYSTEM ITSELF. THE GEAR HORN FAILED TO SOUND WHEN THE GEAR WAS CYCLED. MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL FOUND THE HORN TO BE "STUCK". AFTER MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL "TAPPED" THE HORN IT BECAME OPERABLE. THE GEAR WAS THEN CYCLED SEVERAL MORE TIMES, THE GEAR HORN OPERATED NORMALLY. THIS INCIDENT AND REPORT ARE CLOSED.

## Other reports on N8667P (1)

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

- [Accident 19840415013859A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840415013859A), Apr 15, 1984: Piper PA24260 (N8667P), Kenosha, WI, Substantial damage. Pilot stated he mistook wind direction and made downwind landing and aircraft ran off end of runway.

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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