# Accident 20000810004369A: Piper PA31, Omaha, NE, August 10, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 10, 2000, 18:30 local time
- Place: Omaha, NE
- Airport: Millard Airport
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.2104° N, 96.1196° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.2104&lon=-96.1196&mi=10
- Aircraft: N10QB, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N10QB) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31-325 (registry code 7103105, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31-325) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI00LA255](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI00LA255) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000810004369A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT STATED HE LOWERED LANDING GEAR,SAW THREE GREEN LIGHTS, LANDED AIRPLANE. AIRPLANE SLIDE TO A HALT ALL PERSONS EVACUATED AIRPLANE UN-INJURED. AFTER ACIDENT DURING AIRCRAFT RECOVERY, WITNESS STATED HE OBSERVED LANDING GEAR HANDLE IN "DOWN" POSITION. SECOND PERSON ASSISTING WITH AIRCRAFT RECOVERY STATED HE SAW LANDING GEAR HANDLE IN "DOWN" POSITION. ON AUGUST 14, 2000 DURING OPERATIONAL CHECK OF LANDING GEAR, LANDING GEAR WOULD RETRACT, AND GEAR HANDLE RETURN TO "NEUTRAL" POSITION, DURING TEST OF EXTENSION, LANDING GEAR WOULD GO DOWN, THREE GREEN POSITION LIGHTS, GEAR HANDLE WOULD RETURN TO "NEUTRAL" POSITION. EMERGENCY EXTENSION OF GEAR, BY USING HAND PUMP, GEAR WOULD EXTEND, THREE GREEN LIGHTS, GEAR HANDLE WOULD RETURN TO "NEUTRAL" POSITION. INTERVIEW OF PILOT, PILOT STATED HE DID NOT USE LANDING CHECK LIST CHECK LIST. HE THOUGHT HE SAW THREE LIGHTS OF LANDING GEAR POSITION INDICATORS.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CHI00LA255](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI00LA255), Aug 10, 2000: Piper PA-31-325 (N10QB), Omaha, NE, substantial damage. Probable cause: the landing gear not deployed, the checklist not followed, the lack of familiarity with the airplane, the landing gear warning system not understood, and the landing gear warning disregarded by the…

## Other reports on N10QB (1)

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

- [Incident 19971223044419I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971223044419I), Dec 23, 1997: Piper PA31325 (N10QB), Norfolk, NE. Narrative: N10QB was on approach to Norfolk, NE airport when the pilot was unable to get the gear down. He executed a go around and attempted to get the gear…

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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