19971222044179I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-24-250 · Topeka, KS · December 22, 1997

Date
December 22, 1997 · 16:42 local
Place
Topeka, KS
Airport
Philip Billard Municipal Airport
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N112WS
Reported as
Piper PA24250
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
733 total228 in this make and model21 in the last 90 days

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 aircraft landed gear up, and the pilot was unable to extend gear. Investigation revealed that the push-pull cable on the left or right main landing gear was binding inside the conduit. A malfunction or defect report will be submitted when final determination has been made.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: THE AIRCRAFT LANDED GEAR UP, AND THE PILOT WAS UNABLE TO EXTEND GEAR. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE PUSH-PULL CABLE ON THE LEFT OR RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR WAS BINDING INSIDE THE CONDUIT. A MALFUNCTION OR DEFECT REPORT WILL BE SUBMITTED WHEN FINAL DETERMINATION HAS BEEN MADE.

Other reports on N112WS · 2

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