# Incident 19981124039059I: Piper PA24250, Prescott, AZ, November 24, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 24, 1998, 12:20 local time
- Place: Prescott, AZ
- Airport: Ernest A Love Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.5400° N, 112.4685° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Prescott, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.5400&lon=-112.4685&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8038P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8038P) (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
- Reported engine: LYC O540A1C5
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,042 total, 679 in this make and model, 11 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981124039059I

## Narrative

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

(-5)MAINTENANCE TEST HOP. GEAR FAILED TO RETRACT AFTER TAKE OFF, CURCUIT BREAKER POPPED AND WOULD NOT RESET.  AFTER DISCUSSION WITH MECHANIC/PAX THE PILOT DECIDED THE GEAR HAD NOT MOVED DURING RETRACT ATTEMPT AND ELECTED NOT TO GO THROUGH EMERGENCY GEAR PROCEDURES.  AFTER TOWER FLYBY HE DECIDED TO LAND.  GEAR COLLAPSED ON LANDING.

## Other reports on N8038P (1)

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

- [Incident 19801009073309I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801009073309I), Oct 9, 1980: Piper PA24250 (N8038P), Hamilton, OH, Minor damage. Gear collapsed after being extended manually. Suspect hard landing. No gear system discrepancies found.

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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