OpenAirDocs.org

19961029041069I

Incident · Minor damage
Open the Markdown

FAA incident report · Piper PA-24-250 · Merrill, WI · October 29, 1996

FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal

© OpenStreetMap
Date
October 29, 1996 · 12:10 local
Place
Merrill, WI
Airport
Merrill Municipal Airport
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N7821P
Reported as
Piper PA24250
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,150 total2,350 in this make and model70 in the last 90 days
N7821PRegistered now · Piper PA-24-250S/N 24-3040Airframe modelPiper PA-24-250Engine modelLycoming 0-540 seriesReciprocating

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Narrative: the pilot approached the Merrill airport, when he moved the gear handle down the gear did not go down, he then used the emergency system and the gear still did not go down. The pilot continued and landed gear up. The aircraft sustained minor damage. An inspector aircraft mechanic inspected the aircraft and found the nose gear door attach fittings failed, causing the right nose gear door to jamb the nose wheel in the up position.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: THE PILOT APPROACHED THE MERRILL AIRPORT, WHEN HE MOVED THE GEAR HANDLE DOWN THE GEAR DID NOT GO DOWN, HE THEN USED THE EMERGENCY SYSTEM AND THE GEAR STILL DID NOT GO DOWN. THE PILOT CONTINUED AND LANDED GEAR UP. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE. AN INSPECTOR AIRCRAFT MECHANIC INSPECTED THE AIRCRAFT AND FOUND THE NOSE GEAR DOOR ATTACH FITTINGS FAILED, CAUSING THE RIGHT NOSE GEAR DOOR TO JAMB THE NOSE WHEEL IN THE UP POSITION.

Other reports on N7821P · 2

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

Incident 20210406003639ILanding: Touchdown · Columbus, OHThe investigation of this incident revealed that the landing gear was partially extended. In this case the nose gear doors were just open. Both main gear appeared to have equal extension, approximately in the first 20% of movement to the down position. In the…Apr 6, 2021 · Minor damageIncident 19891128058859IFinal Approach-IFR · Charlotte, NCInstrument panel lights failed on final approach. Pilot became disoriented on runway. Taxied back on active runway.Nov 28, 1989