# Incident 20010412013819I: Piper PA34200, Reading, PA, April 12, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 12, 2001, 18:30 local time
- Place: Reading, PA
- Airport: Reading Municipal Gen Carl A Spaatz
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: R5NS
- Location: 40.3392° N, 75.9263° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Reading, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.3392&lon=-75.9263&mi=10
- Aircraft: N24TB, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N24TB-2010-09-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-200 (registry code 7103405, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA34200
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,500 total, 60 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010412013819I

## Narrative

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

(-23) DURING CLIMB OUT THE GEAR UNSAFE WARNING LIGHT REMAINED LIT. THE LANDING GEAR WAS CYCLED DOWN, UNABLE TO OBTAIN A GREEN LIGHT FOR THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR.  SEVERAL ATTEMPTS WERE MADE TO LOWER THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR, WITH NO SUCCESS.  THE FLIGHT WAS CONTINUED TO READING, PA, WHERE A STANDARD APPROACH WITH GEAR DOWN WAS DONE.  THE PLANE LANDED ON RUNWAY 18.  THE PILOT WAS ABLE TO TOUCH DOWN AND ROLL OUT ON THE NOSE AND LEFT WHEELS AND REDUCE SPEED UNTIL THE RIGHT WING SETTLED ONTO THE RUNWAY.

## Other reports on N24TB (2)

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

- [Incident 20081007850879I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20081007850879I), Oct 7, 2008: Piper PA34200 (N24TB), Winnsboro, TX, Minor damage. (-23) On October 07, 2008, about 1335 central daylight time, a twin-engine Piper, PA-24-200, airplane, N24TB, received minor damage upon impact with runway…
- [Incident 19920803041219I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920803041219I), Aug 3, 1992: Piper PA34200 (N24TB), San Antonio, TX, Minor damage. Nose gear collapsed while taxiing to ramp. Replaced several parts of nose gear uplock mechanism.

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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