# Incident 19990111027229I: Piper PA28R201, Bessemer, AL, January 11, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 11, 1999, 17:15 local time
- Place: Bessemer, AL
- Airport: Bessemer Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.3129° N, 86.9259° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Bessemer Airport (EKY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.3129&lon=-86.9259&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2590Q, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2590Q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-201 (registry code 7102816, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-201) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R201
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 344 total, 207 in this make and model, 36 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990111027229I

## Narrative

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

(-5) THE PILOT STATED THAT HE HAD LOWERED THE LANDING GEAR, THEN RETRACTED IT WHEN HE DID A 360 DUE TO OTHER TRAFFIC. LATER, WHEN HE PULLED POWER WHILE FLARING, AND THE GEAR HORN SOUNDED, IT WAS TO LATE TO LOWER THE GEAR.

## Other reports on N2590Q (3)

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

- [Accident 19960222005859A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960222005859A), Feb 22, 1996: Piper PA28R201 (N2590Q), Birmingham, AL, Substantial damage. Landed long. Used excessive braking causing swerves and side loads on gear. Collapsed right main gear.
- [Incident 19791222048649I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791222048649I), Dec 22, 1979: Piper PA28R201 (N2590Q), Swanton, OH, Minor damage. Right main gear folded on touchdown, found downlock clearance insufficient to lock gear.
- [Incident 19790626017039I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790626017039I), Jun 26, 1979: Piper PA28R201 (N2590Q), Mansfield, OH, Minor damage. Pilot landed with unsafe indication on right main. Down lock hook not engaging the link assy. PN67797-05.

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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