20000521019769I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-31T1 · Circleville, OH · May 21, 2000

Date
May 21, 2000 · 18:00 local
Place
Circleville, OH
Airport
Pickaway County Memorial Airport
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N2369V
Reported as
Piper PA31T1
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney PT6A11
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,040 total600 in this make and model

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) privacy data omitted had been out performing practice approaches at rickenbaker airport where he made three ILS approaches before returning to land at cyo airport. privacy data omitted Testified that he made the approach to land at cyo airport, selected the landing gear handle down, thinks he had 3 greens (however was not positive), proceeded to land and then discovered that the landing gear had not come down. privacy data omitted Landed the aircraft gear up. The aircraft was inspected by cmh FSDO inspectors. The aircraft was placed on jacks by air marion inc. maintenance personnel to check the landing gear, the hydraulic pumps were removed and inspected, the landing gear was pumped up and down several times, no problems were noted. The throttle warning gear horm functioned normally during test. Log books were reviewed and AD compliance verified. No mechanical failure were noted.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ^PRIVACY DATA ^ HAD BEEN OUT PERFORMING PRACTICE APPROACHES AT RICKENBAKER AIRPORT WHERE HE MADE THREE ILS APPROACHES BEFORE RETURNING TO LAND AT CYO AIRPORT. ^PRIVACY D^ TESTIFIED THAT HE MADE THE APPROACH TO LAND AT CYO AIRPORT, SELECTED THE LANDING GEAR HANDLE DOWN, THINKS HE HAD 3 GREENS (HOWEVER WAS NOT POSITIVE), PROCEEDED TO LAND AND THEN DISCOVERED THAT THE LANDING GEAR HAD NOT COME DOWN. ^PRIVACY D^ LANDED THE AIRCRAFT GEAR UP. THE AIRCRAFT WAS INSPECTED BY CMH FSDO INSPECTORS. THE AIRCRAFT WAS PLACED ON JACKS BY AIR MARION INC. MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL TO CHECK THE LANDING GEAR, THE HYDRAULIC PUMPS WERE REMOVED AND INSPECTED, THE LANDING GEAR WAS PUMPED UP AND DOWN SEVERAL TIMES, NO PROBLEMS WERE NOTED. THE THROTTLE WARNING GEAR HORM FUNCTIONED NORMALLY DURING TEST. LOG BOOKS WERE REVIEWED AND AD COMPLIANCE VERIFIED. NO MECHANICAL FAILURE WERE NOTED.