# Incident 19980321007879I: Piper PA24250, Pryor, OK, March 21, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 21, 1998, 13:40 local time
- Place: Pryor, OK
- Airport: Mid American Industrial Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.3084° N, 95.3169° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Pryor, OK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.3084&lon=-95.3169&mi=10
- Aircraft: N777ZZ, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N777ZZ) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 210 total, 114 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980321007879I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: PILOT STATED THAT HE LOWERED THE LANDING GEAR AND HAD A GEAR DOWN LIGHT ON DOWNWIND. HE WAS DISTRACTED FROM MAKING FINAL GEAR CHECK. TOUCHDOWN WAS VERY SMOOTH, THEN HE JUST SETTLED INTO THE GROUND. GEAR SWITCH WAS IN THE DOWN POSITION. INVESTIGATION OF AIRCRAFT SHOWS INDICATIONS THAT THE LANDING GEAR WAS EXTENDED TOO LATE IN THE LANDING SEQUENCE AND DID NOT HAVE TIME TO FULLY EXTEND. WHEN AIRCRAFT WAS PLACED ON JACKS DURING RECOVERY THE MAIN GEAR EXTENDED NORMALLY AND LOCKED. THERE IS NO EVIDENCE TO INDICATE THAT THE MAIN GEAR HAD BEEN EXTENDED AND RETRACTED ON THE RUNWAY. LANDING GEAR MOTOR WORM ACTUATING SCREW WAS BROKEN, INDICATING THAT IT WAS EXTENDED WITH THE AIRCRAFT WEIGHT ON THE SYSTEM. THIS IS THE REASON THE NOSE GEAR HAD TO BE PULLED OUT OF THE WHEEL WELL.

## Other reports on N777ZZ (1)

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

- [Incident 19810707053109I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810707053109I), Jul 7, 1981: Piper PA24250 (N777ZZ), Three Oaks, MI, Minor damage. Aircraft overran end of runway during landing.

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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