# Incident 19971005035369I: Piper PA24250, New Bern, NC, October 5, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 5, 1997, 11:45 local time
- Place: New Bern, NC
- Airport: Craven County Regional Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.0927° N, 77.0718° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of New Bern, NC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.0927&lon=-77.0718&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5567P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5567P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-250 (registry code 7102404, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24250
- Reported engine: LYC O540A1A5
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,480 total, 179 in this make and model, 29 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971005035369I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON OCTOBER 5, 1997 AT APPROXIMATELY 11:45 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME, A PIPER PA-24-250, N5567P, REGISTERED TO A PRIVATE INDIVIDUAL MADE A LANDING AT EWN WITH THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR UP. THE AIRPLANE SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE AND NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED. THE PILOT STATED THAT ON APPROACH TO THE NEW BERN AIRPORT THE GEAR WAS SELECTED DOWN AND LOCKED. THE PILOT STATED AT THAT POINT HE REMOVED THE EMERGENCY EXTENSION DOOR TO PHYSICALLY VERIFY THE GEAR DOWN AND LOCKED. THE PILOT STATED THAT ALL INDICATIONS LOOKED CORRECT SO HE MADE AN ATTEMPT TO LAND THE AIRPLANE. AFTER TOUCHING DOWN ON THE RUNWAY THE PILOT FELT THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR GIVE SO HE MADE A GO-AROUND. THE PILOT NOTICED THAT THE MANUAL GEAR HANDLE KICKED BACK ABOUT ONE FOOT WHEN THE GEAR GAVE WAY. THE PILOT STATED AFTER ANOTHER APPROACH AND MANUALLY TRYING TO GET THE GEAR DOWN AND LOCKED HE HAD THE PERSON IN THE RIGHT SEAT HOLD HIS FOOT DOWN ON THE LEVER. HE THEN MADE A LANDING AND THE MAIN RIGHT GEAR COLLAPSED.

## Other reports on N5567P (2)

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

- [Incident 19990820023349I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990820023349I), Aug 20, 1999: Piper PA24250 (N5567P), Raleigh-Durham, NC, Minor damage. (-5)On approach into Raleigh, pilot received an unsafe gear warning. He attempted to recycle the gear three times, then he performed a flyby the tower, the…
- [Incident 19981027031029I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981027031029I), Oct 27, 1998: Piper PA24250 (N5567P), Key West, FL, Minor damage. While on VFR cross country, pilot advised tower of electrical problems, Key West twr was not able to talk pilot while in traffic pattern. (-5) PIC was on…

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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