# Incident 19980425011679I: Piper PA28R200, Salisbury, NC, April 25, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 25, 1998, 15:00 local time
- Place: Salisbury, NC
- Airport: Rowan County Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.6651° N, 80.4919° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Salisbury, NC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.6651&lon=-80.4919&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5625B (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R200
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,000 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980425011679I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: WHEN I FIRST INTERVIEWED THE PILOT (MR. KING) HE STATED THAT HE WAS TALKING TO HIS SON, WHO WAS THE PAX AND JUST FORGOT TO PUT THE GEAR DOWN. WHEN I WENT TO LOOK AT THE PLANE ON MONDAY AND TALKED TO MR. KING HE STATED HE DID NOT KNOW WHAT HAPPENED. MR. KING STATED HE REMEMBERED PUTTING THE GEAR HANDLE DOWN AND GOT A GREEN LIGHT. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE OUTSIDE OF THE GEAR DOORS, WHICH WOULD INDICATE THEY WERE UP IN THE WING. WHEN THE A/C WAS RAISED THE GEAR FREE FELL AND LOCKED IN PLACE AND REMAINED LOCKED WHILE THE A/C WAS TOWED BACK TO THE HANGAR. THE PILOT ADMITTED FORGETTING TO PUT THE GEAR DOWN, THEN CHANGED HIS STORY TO HE DID NOT KNOW WHAT HAPPENED. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

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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