# Incident 19970517024279I: Piper PA32R300, Panama City, FL, May 17, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 17, 1997, 17:52 local time
- Place: Panama City, FL
- Airport: Sandy Creek Air Park Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.1027° N, 85.4792° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SANDY CREEK AIRPARK (75FL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.1027&lon=-85.4792&mi=10
- Aircraft: N47423, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N47423) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32R-300 (registry code 7103213, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32r-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32R300
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total, 900 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970517024279I

## Narrative

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

UNABLE GREEN LIGHT LEFT MAIN GEAR. LANDED SOD FIELD. LEFT GEAR FOLDED. DRAGGED WING. GEAR HYDRAULIC PUMP FAILED.

## Other reports on N47423 (1)

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

- [Accident 19950819048869A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950819048869A), Aug 19, 1995: Piper PA32R300 (N47423), Fayetteville, AR, Substantial damage. (-16) When the private pilot selected gear down, the nose gear and left main gear came down and locked. The fuse popped before the right main gear locked down.…

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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