# Incident 19980816028589I: Piper PA24250, San Jose, CA, August 16, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 16, 1998, 19:35 local time
- Place: San Jose, CA
- Airport: San Jose International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: Ultralight vehicle (Part 103)
- Location: 37.3394° N, 121.8950° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of San Jose, CA, within about 8 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.3394&lon=-121.8950&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5908P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5908P) (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: 550 total, 111 in this make and model, 24 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980816028589I

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT: MR. THOMAS R. POWELL, III, STATED THAT ON AUGUST 16, 1998, AT APPROXIMATELY 6:00P.M. PDT, PIPER AIRCRAFT, N5908P, EXPERINECED A LANDING GEAR PROBLEM. AFTER LEAVING THE RUNWAY AT COLUMBIA CA, HE FELT THE WHEELS CONTACT THE RUNWAY AFTER INITIAL TAKEODD. AFTER DEPARTING THE TRAFFIC PATTERN HE TRIED TO RETRACT THE LANDING GEAR BUT IT ONLY MOVED PART WAY UP. HE THEN TRIED TO PLACE THE GEAR ALL THE WAY DOWN, BUT THE GEAR DID NOT MOVE AND BLEW A CIRCUIT BREAKER. AFTER RESETTING THE BREAKER HE TRIED AGAIN TO LOWER THE GEAR WITH THE SAME RESULT. AT THIS TIME HE DISCONNECTED THE LANDING GEAR TRANSMISSION AND TRIED TO MOVE THE GEAR MANUALLY WITHOUT SUCCESS. HE THEN RECONNECTED THE LANDING GEAR TRANSIMISSION AND WITH A LOT OF PRESSURE ON THE MANUAL EXTENSION HANDLE AND THE HELP OF THE ELECTRIC MOTOR THE LANDING GEAR LEVER WAS FORCED INTO THE FULLY EXTENDED POSITION, BUT THE INDICATOR LIGHT DID NOT COME ON. MR. POWELL THEN PROCEEDED TO SAN JOSE REID-HILLVIEW AIRPORT, INFORMED THE TOWER OF HIS SITUATION AND ASKED TO DO A FLY BY FOR THEM TO VERIFY THE LANDING GEAR POSITIONS. HE WAS TOLD THE RIGHT MAIN WAS ONLY PARTIALLY EXTENDED. HE THEN ELECTED TO LAND AT SAN JOSE INTERNATIONAL WHERE  EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT WAS AVAILABLE. MR. POWELL LANDED AND HAD ONLY MINOR DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT FLAP AND WINGTIP. IN ADDITION, THERE WERE NO INJURIES. INSPECTION, REVEALED THAT THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR TUBE ASSEMBLY THAT CARRIES THE CABLE FROM THE ELECTRIC GEAR MOTOR HAD SEPERATED FROM THE HOUSING ASSEMBLY. NO PILOT DEVIATION INVOLVED AND NO 8020-11 WAS GENERATED. A COPY OF THIS REPORT WAS FURNISHED TO THE SJC FSDO OPERATIONS UNIT. THIS CONCLUDES THIS INVESTIGATION, THEREFORE, THIS REPORT IS CLOSED.

## Other reports on N5908P (1)

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

- [Incident 20161102017339I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20161102017339I), Nov 2, 2016: Piper PA-24-250 (N5908P), Hollister, CA, Substantial damage. Aircraft landed with the gear up on runway at Hollister airport (kcvh)

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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