# Incident 19980903038449I: Piper PA24, Champaign-Urban, IL, September 3, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 3, 1998, 10:20 local time
- Place: Champaign-Urban, IL
- Airport: University Of Illinois-Willar
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.1141° N, 88.2746° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Champaign, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1141&lon=-88.2746&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6600P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6600P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24 (registry code 7102402, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24
- Reported engine: LYC O360A1A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,000 total, 2,500 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/19980903038449I

## Narrative

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

(-5) ON 9-3-98, PIPER PA-24, N6600P, ON A VFR FLIGHT FROM COOKSON, OK TO TOLEDO, OH, THE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED WHILE LANDING FOR FUEL IN CHAMPAIGN, IL. THE LANDING GEAR DID NOT EXTEND TO THE DOWN AND LOCKED POSITION AND THE LANDING GEAR CIRCUIT BREAKER TRIPPED DURING SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO CYCLE THE GEAR. MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL FOUND THE AFT BEARING ASSEMBLY OF THE LANDING GEAR TRANSMISSION HAD SEPARATED AND CAUSED THE GEAR SCREW JACK TO BIND. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE AND THE PILOT AND ONE PASSENGER RECEIVED NO INJURIES. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED WITH THIS REPORT.

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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