# Incident 19961025038049I: Piper PA24400, Easton, PA, October 25, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 25, 1996, 10:30 local time
- Place: Easton, PA
- Airport: Easton Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.6861° N, 75.2181° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Easton, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.6861&lon=-75.2181&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8515P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8515P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-400 (registry code 7102408, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-400) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-720 series (registry code 41546, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-720-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24400
- Reported engine: LYC IO720A1A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10,000 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961025038049I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON OCTOBER 25, 1996, N8515P, A PA-24-400 AIRCRAFT LANDED GEAR UP ON RUNWAY 18 AT EASTON AIRPORT, EASTON, PA (N43). THE PILOT, MR. WILLIAM J. WALDRON STATED THAT HE PLACED THE GEAR HANDLE DOWN BUT FAILED TO CHECK FOR THE GEAR DOWN AND LOCK INDICATION. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE AND THE PILOT WAS UNINJURED. A LANDING GEAR SWING WAS ACCOMPLISHED IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE INCIDENT AND AN IN-DEPTH GEAR SWING AND INSPECTION OF THE LANDING GEAR SYSTEM WAS CONDUCTED ON OCTOBER 29, 1996 AND NO MALFUNCTIONS WERE EVIDENT ON EITHER OF THESE OCCASIONS. IT WAS NOTED THAT THE LANDING GEAR WARNING HORN WAS INOPERATIVE, BUT THE GEAR FUNCTIONED NORMALLY. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WE CONSIDER THIS MATTER CLOSED.

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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