# Incident 20000603029789I: Piper PA28R200, Valparaiso, IN, June 3, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 3, 2000, 19:00 local time
- Place: Valparaiso, IN
- Airport: Porter County Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.4540° N, 87.0071° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PORTER COUNTY RGNL (VPZ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.4540&lon=-87.0071&mi=10
- Aircraft: N76SA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N76SA-2018-03-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-200 (registry code 7102811, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R200
- Reported engine: LYC IO360C1C
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 620 total, 120 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000603029789I

## Narrative

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

(-23)PILOT STATED AS HE WAS FLARING TO LAND, THE PICTURE DID NOT LOOK RIGHT, SO HE ELECTED TO GO-AROUND. PILOT STATED THAT HE PULLED BACK ON YOKE SLIGHTLY, INCREASED TO FULL POWER AND JUST AS HE BROUGHT UP FULL POWER, THE PROP HIT.  AIRCRAFT STARTED TO CLIMB AWAY FROM RUNWAY.  HE LEVELED OFF IN GROUND EFFECT TO SEE IF PROP WAS GOING TO START VIBRATING.  THERE WAS NO VIBRATION SO CLIMBED BACK TO PATTERN ALTITUDE AND FLEW SOUTH OF VALPARAISO.  CHECKED FUSES, NO PROBLEM.  CYCLED GEAR USING EMERGENCY PROCEDURES.  DID NOT FEEL GEAR GO DOWN AND LOCK AND STILL NO GREEN LIGHTS.  CHECKED FUSES AGAIN.  CYCLED MASTER SWITCH OFF AND ON.  AND, AT THIS POINT, HE HAD INTERCOM AND THREE GREEN.  RAISED GEAR BACK UP USING NORMAL PROCEDURE.  CYCLED IT AGAIN WITH EMERGENCY OVER-RIDE, GEAR DOWN AND THREE GREEN.  BROUGHT GEAR BACK UP USING NORMAL PROCEDURE.  THEN CYCLED IT AGAIN, USING NORMAL PROCEDURE,  GEAR CAME DOWN AND LOCKED INDICATING THREE GREEN.  RE-ENTERED PATTERN AND LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.

## Other reports on N76SA (4)

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

- [Accident 20020626016149A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020626016149A), Jun 26, 2002: Piper PA28R200 (N76SA), Steward, IL, No damage. (-23) While enroute to so dakota from valparaiso, IN, at approximately 3000 ft, the engine produced a loud bang, the upper cowl blew open, followed by fire and…
- [Incident 19950609028911I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950609028911I), Jun 9, 1995: Piper PA28R200 (N76SA), Chicago/Wheelin, IL, Minor damage. During taxi brushed wing tips with N2186U. Both on taxiway. Misjudged clearance.
- [Accident 19940214002359A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940214002359A), Feb 14, 1994: Piper PA28R200 (N76SA), Sandwich, IL, Substantial damage. Landed on snow and ice covered runway. Lost directional control. Began go around. Struck snowbank fell onto runway
- [Incident 19880818068919I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880818068919I), Aug 18, 1988: Piper PA28R200 (N76SA), Valparaiso, IN. Forced landing at airport due to fuel exhaustion. Landed without incident.

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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