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FAA incident report · Piper PA-24-250 · Liberal, KS · October 27, 1998

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Date
October 27, 1998 · 19:14 local
Place
Liberal, KS
Airport
Liberal Municipal
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N6461P
Reported as
Piper PA24250
Reported engine
Lycoming O540*
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,400 total1,100 in this make and model15 in the last 90 days
N6461PRegistered now · Piper PA-24-250S/N 24-1576Airframe modelPiper PA-24-250Engine modelLycoming 0-540 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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(-5)On 10-27-98 at approximately 4:00 pm Mr. Smith departed forbes field in topeka, KS, destined for Liberal, KS. On approach to Liberal the pilot selected the landing gear down. The gear did not indicate down and locked and the emergency lever indicated the wheels were about half way down. The landing gear circuit breaker was noticed to have popped and would not reset. The pilot then contaced the lyddon aero center FBO and advised of his problem. The pilot attempted to manually lower the gear but was unsuccessful. The pilot then elected to make an emergency landing. With emergency equipment standing by the pilot made a gear up landing on the east side of runway 17 in the grass just south of the intersection. The pilot was not injured and the aircraft received damage to the propeller and minor damage to the belly skin of the aircraft. Local time was approximately 1914 hours. It appears that the nose wheel shimmy damper might have caused the nose gear to hang up on the engine lower cowling. Lyddon areo center is evaluating the mechanical failure.

As the FAA filed it

(-5)ON 10-27-98 AT APPROXIMATELY 4:00 PM MR. SMITH DEPARTED FORBES FIELD IN TOPEKA, KS, DESTINED FOR LIBERAL, KS. ON APPROACH TO LIBERAL THE PILOT SELECTED THE LANDING GEAR DOWN. THE GEAR DID NOT INDICATE DOWN AND LOCKED AND THE EMERGENCY LEVER INDICATED THE WHEELS WERE ABOUT HALF WAY DOWN. THE LANDING GEAR CIRCUIT BREAKER WAS NOTICED TO HAVE POPPED AND WOULD NOT RESET. THE PILOT THEN CONTACED THE LYDDON AERO CENTER FBO AND ADVISED OF HIS PROBLEM. THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO MANUALLY LOWER THE GEAR BUT WAS UNSUCCESSFUL. THE PILOT THEN ELECTED TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY LANDING. WITH EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT STANDING BY THE PILOT MADE A GEAR UP LANDING ON THE EAST SIDE OF RUNWAY 17 IN THE GRASS JUST SOUTH OF THE INTERSECTION. THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED AND THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER AND MINOR DAMAGE TO THE BELLY SKIN OF THE AIRCRAFT. LOCAL TIME WAS APPROXIMATELY 1914 HOURS. IT APPEARS THAT THE NOSE WHEEL SHIMMY DAMPER MIGHT HAVE CAUSED THE NOSE GEAR TO HANG UP ON THE ENGINE LOWER COWLING. LYDDON AREO CENTER IS EVALUATING THE MECHANICAL FAILURE.