19970103001309I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28R-200 · Skyacres, NY · January 3, 1997

Date: January 3, 1997 · 12:30 local
Place: Skyacres, NY
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N4901S
Reported as: Piper PA28R200
Reported engine: Lycoming IO360C1C
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 260 total140 in this make and model30 in the last 90 days

N4901SRegistration cancelled Sep 16, 1998 · Piper PA-28R-200S/N 28R35673 Airframe modelPiper PA-28R-200

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: after touchdown on rwy 17, aircraft rolled about 100 yards and then gear came up by itself (gear handle down & 3 grn lts) aircraft skidded off rwy and into a pond. Aircraft sank approx. 1/3 of the fuselage. Pilot got off a/c without injuries. Maintenance to determine problem. No further action pending.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: AFTER TOUCHDOWN ON RWY 17, AIRCRAFT ROLLED ABOUT 100 YARDS AND THEN GEAR CAME UP BY ITSELF (GEAR HANDLE DOWN & 3 GRN LTS) AIRCRAFT SKIDDED OFF RWY AND INTO A POND. AIRCRAFT SANK APPROX. 1/3 OF THE FUSELAGE. PILOT GOT OFF A/C WITHOUT INJURIES. MAINTENANCE TO DETERMINE PROBLEM. NO FURTHER ACTION PENDING.