20011007028389I

Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-24 · Culpeper, VA · October 7, 2001

Date
October 7, 2001 · 15:00 local
Place
Culpeper, VA
Airport
Culpeper Regional Airport
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N5093P
Reported as
Piper PA24
Reported engine
Lycoming O360*
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
597 total118 in this make and model19 in the last 90 days

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) The pilot was unable to extend the landing gear on the first attempt. The pilot extended the gear using the AFM emergency gear extension procedures. In the report, the pilot stated the aircraft touched down on all wheels after a hard landing, then pancaked and skidded off the runway. The gear was fully retracted in the gearwells of the incident aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE PILOT WAS UNABLE TO EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR ON THE FIRST ATTEMPT. THE PILOT EXTENDED THE GEAR USING THE AFM EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSION PROCEDURES. IN THE REPORT, THE PILOT STATED THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN ON ALL WHEELS AFTER A HARD LANDING, THEN PANCAKED AND SKIDDED OFF THE RUNWAY. THE GEAR WAS FULLY RETRACTED IN THE GEARWELLS OF THE INCIDENT AIRCRAFT.