# Incident 19961028036369I: Piper PA28R200, Middletown, PA, October 28, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 28, 1996, 11:30 local time
- Place: Middletown, PA
- Airport: Harrisburg International Airport-Olmsted
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.2009° N, 76.7292° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Middletown, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.2009&lon=-76.7292&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1112X, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1112X) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-200 (registry code 7102811, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R200
- Reported engine: LYC IO360C1C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,600 total, 150 in this make and model, 300 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961028036369I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON OCTOBER 28, 1996, AT 1130 HOURS, A PIPER, PA-28R-200, N1112X, REGISTERED TO CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA AIR, INC., LANDED AT HARRISBURG INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (MDT) WITH AN UNSAFE GEAR INDICATION. (RIGHT MAIN GEAR WAS NOT INDICATING DOWN AND LOCKED.) VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME, ALTHOUGH THE FLIGHT WAS OPERATING ON AN IFR CLEARANCE. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT WILLIAMSPORT AIRPORT, MONTOURSVILLE, PA AND THE CERTIFICATED COMMERCIAL PILOT WAS THE ONLY OCCUPANT. DURING APPROACH TO LANDING, THE LANDING GEAR FAILED TO INDICATE 3 GEAR. EMERGENCY EXTENSION PROCEDURES WERE USED AND A FLY-BY OF THE TOWER REVEALED GEAR APPEARED TO BE EXTENDED. THE GEAR WAS IN THE DOWN POSITION, AND REMAINED EXTENDED THROUGHOUT THE LANDING. FURTHER INVESTIGATION REVEALED A BROKEN WIRE IN THE INDICATING SYSTEM. REPAIRS WERE MADE AT MDT. THIS INCIDENT IS CONSIDERED CLOSED.

## Other reports on N1112X (2)

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

- [Incident 19940209004409I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940209004409I), Feb 9, 1994: Piper PA28R200 (N1112X), Williamsport, PA, Minor damage. Narrative: pilot was returning to home base (ipt) under FAR 91 from a scheduled cargo trip which terminated at wilkes-barre/scranton, PA. The airman landed on…
- [Incident 19900821034299I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900821034299I), Aug 21, 1990: Piper PA28R200 (N1112X), Williamsport, PA, Minor damage. Struck a deer with right wing leading edge on rollout.

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.