# Incident 19961022036689I: Piper PA24260, Las Vegas, NV, October 22, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 22, 1996, 15:00 local time
- Place: Las Vegas, NV
- Airport: North Las Vegas Air Terminal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.1750° N, 115.1372° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Las Vegas, NV, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1750&lon=-115.1372&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9084P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9084P) (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 TIO540*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total, 2,000 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/19961022036689I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: THE PILOT HAD TAKEN OFF FROM NORTH LAS VEGAS AIRPORT EN-ROUTE TO LAKE HAVASU CITY, ARIZONA. HE HAD SELECTED LANDING GEAR UP AND EXPERIENCED NO PROBLEMS. AFTER REACHING LAKE HAVASU CITY, ARIZONA HE ATTEMPTED TO EXTEND THE GEAR, BUT THE GEAR WOULD NOT EXTEND, NOR WAS THE GEAR LIGHT WORKING. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE NOTICED THE LANDING GEAR WAS NOT IN FULL UP AND LOCKED POSITION BY VIRTUE OF THE INDICATOR HANDLE. HE THEN PULLED AND RESET THE SYSTEM CIRCUIT BREAKER, WITH NO FAVORABLE RESULTS. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE ATTEMPTED TO EXTEND THE GEAR MANUALLY USING THE EMERGENCY SYSTEM, BUT THAT PROVED UNSUCCESSFUL ALSO. REALIZING HE HAD PLENTY OF FUEL REMAINING, THE PILOT DECIDED TO RETURN TO LAS VEGAS, RATHER THAN LAND THE AIRCRAFT, GEAR UP, AT LAKE HAVASU. AFTER TALKING WITH MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL AT NORTH LAS VEGAS AIRPORT (RON'S AVIATION) REQUESTING ASSISTANCE IN GETTING THE GEAR LOWERED, AT WHICH THEY WERE STILL UNSUCCESSFUL. THE PILOT PREPARED FOR A GEAR UP LANDING AND LANDED THE AIRCRAFT CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER AND MINOR SKIN DAMAGE TO THE FUSELAGE UNDER BELLY. INVESTIGATION OF THE INCIDENT THUS FAR, REVEALED NO INDICATION OF IMPROPER OPERATION OR MAINTEN ANCE. THE INVESTIGATION AS TO THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM IN ON-GOING. THIS REPORT IS CLOSED. (MDR REQUESTED BASED ON FINDINGS.)

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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