# Incident 20000122001129I: Piper PA24250, Waco, TX, January 22, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 22, 2000, 16:02 local time
- Place: Waco, TX
- Airport: Waco Regional Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.6122° N, 97.2303° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WACO RGNL (ACT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.6122&lon=-97.2303&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6960P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6960P-2006-04-21) (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 O540*
- Pilot flight hours: 830 total, 9 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/20000122001129I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT DEPARTED ACT, RAISED THE LANDING GEAR AND RECEIVED NO LIGHT INDICATIONS THAT HIS GEAR RETRACTED.  HE ASKED THE TOWER, AND THEY CONFIRMED THE GEAR WAS UP.  HE THEN PROCEEDED TO JENNINGS, LA, WHEN HE ATTEMPTED TO LOWER THE GEAR HE RECEIVED NO LIGHT INDICATIONS OF GEAR EXTENSION.  HE THEN PERFORMED THE EMERGENCY EXTENSION PROCEDURE WHICH REQUIRED THE GEAR MOTOR TO BE DISCONNECTED FROM THE GEAR MECHANISM.  HE THEN GOT HIS GEAR DOWN AND LANDED SAFELY.  THE NEXT DAY HE DEPARTED WITHOUT HAVING HIS LANDING GEAR CHECKED OR HAVING THE GEAR MOTOR RECONNECTED.  HE RETURNED TO ACT AND THE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED N LANDING.  ALL OF THE ADVERSE LIGHT INDICATIONS RESULTED FROM THE LIGHT REOSTAT BEING TURNED TO DIM.

## Other reports on N6960P (1)

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

- [Accident 20030314004979A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030314004979A), Mar 14, 2003: Piper PA24250 (N6960P), Belen, NM, Substantial damage. (-23) On 03/14/2003 at approx 0730 MST, a Piper PA-24-250, N6960P, owned and operated by the pilot, was substantially damaged when it impacted terrain during a…

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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