# Incident 19970915036439I: Piper PA32RT300T, Homestead, FL, September 15, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 15, 1997, 14:11 local time
- Place: Homestead, FL
- Airport: Homestead General Aviation Arp
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 25.4659° N, 80.4460° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Homestead, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.4659&lon=-80.4460&mi=10
- Aircraft: N22467, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N22467-2004-08-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32RT-300T (registry code 7103216, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32rt-300t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32RT300T
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 592 total, 592 in this make and model, 14 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970915036439I

## Narrative

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

(-23)ON SEPTEMBER 15, 1997, MR. TRAVILLE HOUSTON, PILOT OF AIRCRAFT N22467, A PIPER LANCE, 32R-300T, LANDED WITH THE LEFT GEAR COLLAPSING AND MINOR DAMAGE OCCURRED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING FLOWN BY MR. HOUSTON AND THE MECHANIC, EMPLOYED THROUGH WYATT AVIATION, WHO HAD JUST INSTALLED A NEW ENGINE IN THE AIRCRAFT.  BEFORE FLYING THE AIRCRAFT, MR. HOUSTON STATED, "WYATT AVIATION HAD THE LOGBOOKS AND CONFIRMED AIRCRAFT'S ANNUAL WAS DUE SEPTEMBER 1997."  MR. HOUSTON STATED, "HE AND THE MECHANIC FLEW THE AIRCRAFT TO CHECK THE ENGINE, WHEN LANDING, THE GEAR POSITION LIGHTS INDICATED ONLY TWO GREEN LIGHTS, SHOWING THE LEFT MAIN HAD NOT LOCKED WITH GEAR HANDLE IN THE DOWN POSITION.  HE WENT THROUGH THE EMERGENCY PROCEDURES THREE THIMES BEFORE LANDING.  MR. C.J. PUCCIARIELLO AND MYSELF INSPECTED THE AIRCRAFT.  THE AIRCRAFT HAD MINOR DAMAGE.  MR. PUCCIARIELLO REQUESTED A COPT OF THE AIRCRAFT LOGBOOK FOR THE LAST ANNUAL.  THE AIRCRAFT SHOWED THE AIRCRAFT WAS OUT-OF-ANNUAL BY 15 DAYS.  THE RECOMMENDATION MR. PUCCIARIELLO AND I HAVE DETERMINED IS FOR MR. HOUSTON TO RECEIVE COUNSELING ON READING AND UNDERSTANDING AIRCRAFT LOGBOOKS THROUGH THE MIAMI SAFETY DEPARTMENT.

## Other reports on N22467 (2)

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

- [Accident 20010516009129A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010516009129A), May 16, 2001: Piper PA32RT300T (N22467), Paulden, AZ, Substantial damage. (.19)On may 16, 2001, about 1830 hours mountain standard time, a Piper PA-32RT-300T, N22467, operated by the pilot was substantially damaged during an…
- [Incident 19990803025169I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990803025169I), Aug 3, 1999: Piper PA32RT300T (N22467), Barstow, CA. (-23) On August 3, 1999, at approx. 0713 hours pacific daylight time, Piper PA-32RT-300T, N22467, made an uneventful forced landing at Ludlow Airport near…

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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