# Incident 19990714022959I: Piper PA24250, Denver, CO, July 14, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 14, 1999, 21:23 local time
- Place: Denver, CO
- Airport: Centennial Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.5701° N, 104.8493° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CENTENNIAL (APA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.5701&lon=-104.8493&mi=10
- Aircraft: N260SC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N260SC) (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: 871 total, 24 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/19990714022959I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ACCORDING TO THE PILOT HE DEPARTED FRONT RANGE AIRPORT DURING THE HOURS OF DARKNESS. DURING THE START AND RUNUP CHECK HE DISCOVERED THAT THE GEAR DOWN LIGHT WENT OUT ANYTIME HE TURNED ON THE NAVIATION AND PANEL LIGHTS.  KNOWING THIS HE DEPARTED FRONT RANGE AIRPORT ENROUTE TO THE CENTENNIAL AIRPORT WITH THE GEAR DOWN LIGHT INOPERATIVE.  ON APPROACH TO THE CENTENNIAL AIRPORT E PUT THE GEAR LEVER DOWN.  THE LANDING GEAR LIGHT DID NOT ILLUMINATE.  KNOWING IT TO BE INOPERATIVE WITH THE NAVIGATION LIGHTS ON ON HE ASSUMED THE GEAR WAS DOWN AND LANDED THE AIRPLANE GEAR UP.  THE PILOT STATED HE DID NOT CHECK THE MANUAL GEAR EXTENTION HANDLE POSITION NOR DID HE RECALL THE GEAR HORN SOUNDING.  HE STATED THAT UPON JACKING THE AIRCRAFT THE LANDING GEAR CIRCUIT BREAKER WAS FOUND TO BE POPPED.  THE CIRCUIT BREAKER WAS RESET AND THE GEAR EXTENDED NORMALLY.  INSPECTION BY THE FAA CONFIRMED THE GEAR DOWN LIGHT DID IN FACT FAIL ANYTIME THE NAVIGATION/PANEL LIGHTS WERE TURNED ON.  (IT SHOULD DIM AND NOT FAIL.)  THE HORN WAS FOUND TO OPERATE ANYTIME THE THROTTLE WAS RETARDED.

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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