# Incident 20000405002049I: Piper PA44180, Las Vegas, NV, April 5, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 5, 2000, 19:00 local time
- Place: Las Vegas, NV
- Airport: North Las Vegas Air Terminal
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.1750° N, 115.1372° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Las Vegas, NV, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1750&lon=-115.1372&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3048R, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3048R) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-44-180 (registry code 7104402, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-44-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA44180
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 650 total, 25 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000405002049I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON APRIL 5, 2000 AT APPROX. 1900 PDT, N3048R WAS OPERATING FOR INSTRUCTIONAL PURPOSES. DURING THE LANDING APPROACH AT GRAND CANYON WEST (IG4) MR. SCHULTZ NOTICED NO LANDING GEAR INDICATING LIGHT SHOWING THAT GEAR WAS SAFELY DOWN AND LOCKED.  HE CONFIRMED THAT THE NAVIATION LIGHTS WERE OFF AND IMMEDIATELY NOTICED THAT THE 5 AMP GEAR CONTROL CIRCUIT BREAKER HAD BEEN TRIPPED.  HE RESET THE CIRCUIT BREAKER AND IT TRIPPED AGAIN AND DECIDED TO ABORT LANDING AND RETURN TO NORTH LAS VEGAS AIRPORT.  UPON ARRIVAL IN THE PATTERN HE RESET THE CIRCUIT BREAKER AND TRIED TO EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR WITH THE CIRCUIT BREAKER TRIPPED AGAIN.  HE RAN THROUGH THE MANUAL EXTENSION CHECKLIST AND USED THE EMERGENCY EXTENSION GEAR LEVER AND VERIFIED IN THE MIRROR ON THE ENGINE NACELLE THAT A GEAR WAS EXTENDED.  HE RESET THE CIRCUIT BREAKER MOMENTARILY IDENTIFYING THAT BOTH MAIN GEARS WAS SHOWING THEY WERE DOWN AND LOCKED BY THE GEAR LIGHTS ILLUMINATING GREEN, BUT NOTICED THAT THE NOSE GEAR LIGHT WAS NOT ILLUMINATED.  HE PHYSICALLY SWITCHED THE GREEN LIGHTS TO CONFIRM THEY WERE ALL WORKING AND REQUESTED TO HEAD OUT TO THE PRACTICE AREA AND NOTIFIED TOWER THAT HE WAS HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE LANDING GE AR. THEY ARRIVED AT THE PRACTICE AREA AND EXECUTED SOME MANEUVERS, TO GET THE NOSE GEAR TO PRODUCE A DOWN AND LOCKED INDICATION WITH NEGATIVE RESULTS.  NEXT HE PULLED BACK THE THROTTLES PAST THE MICRO SWITCH TO SEE IF THE GEAR WARNING LIGHT WOULD ILLUMINATE AND LISTENED FOR THE WARNING HORN.  THE HORN DID NOT SOUND NOR DID THE LIGHTS ILLUMINATE.  ADDITIONALLY HE EXTENDED THE FLAPS TO TWENTY-FIVE DEGREES TO CHECK FOR WARNING INDICATIONS WITH NONE PRESENT.  HE CALLED TOWER AND NOTIFIED THEM OF HIS CONDITION AND DECLARED AN EMERGENCY.  PERFORMED TWO LOW APPROACHES BY THE TOWER AND THEY CONFIRMED THAT THE LANDING GEAR WAS SHOWING TO BE DOWN.  TOWER CLEARED HIM FOR LANDING ON RUNWAY TWO-FIVE AND LANDED AIRCRAFT SAFELY.  WILL HAVE MAINTENANCE ISSUE A M OR D REPORT AFTER DISCREPANCIES HAVE BEEN FOUND.

## Other reports on N3048R (2)

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

- [Incident 20040715020289I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040715020289I), Jul 15, 2004: Piper PA44180 (N3048R), Albert Lea, MN, Minor damage. (-23) Multiengine instructor trainee in right seat was having some trouble with shortfield landings in pattern. Instructor took command of controls to explain…
- [Incident 19831026068599I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831026068599I), Oct 26, 1983: Piper PA44180 (N3048R), Las Vegas, NV, Minor damage. Left main gear collapsed on touchdown. Left trunnion had failed. Showed old cracks. Right one also cracked.

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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