# Incident 19971222044179I: Piper PA24250, Topeka, KS, December 22, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 22, 1997, 16:42 local time
- Place: Topeka, KS
- Airport: Philip Billard Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.0688° N, 95.6224° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PHILIP BILLARD MUNI (TOP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0688&lon=-95.6224&mi=10
- Aircraft: N112WS, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N112WS) (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
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 733 total, 228 in this make and model, 21 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971222044179I

## Narrative

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

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.

- [Accident 19990207013569A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990207013569A), Feb 7, 1999: Piper PA24250 (N112WS), Lake Dallas, TX, Substantial damage. On February 7,1999, at 1645 central standard time, a Piper PA-24-250 airplane, N112WS, was substantially damaged during a hard landing at the Hidden Valley…
- [Incident 19940827039149I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940827039149I), Aug 27, 1994: Piper PA24 (N112WS), San Angelo, TX. Landing gear folded on landing roll.

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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