# Incident 20011215032509I: Piper PA24180, Lewisburg, TN, December 15, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 15, 2001, 17:30 local time
- Place: Lewisburg, TN
- Airport: Ellington Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.5070° N, 86.8039° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ELLINGTON (LUG), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.5070&lon=-86.8039&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7651P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7651P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-180 (registry code 7102403, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24180
- Reported engine: LYC O360*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 600 total, 600 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20011215032509I

## Narrative

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

(-23) LANDING GEAR CIRCUIT BREAKER POPPED WHILE GEAR WAS IN TRANSIT LEAVING IT PARTIALLY EXTENDED. PILOT DID NOT NOTICE GEAR INDICATOR LIGHT, DUE TO DIMMING OF ILLUMINATION SINCE NAV. LIGHTS WERE ON. (NAVIGATION LIGHTS DIM GEAR INDICATION LIGHTS FOR NIGHT OPS.) CONTRIBUTING FACTOR WAS ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC, IN THE PATTERN INCLUDING ONE APPROACHING HEAD ON ON THE OPPOSITE RWY.

## Other reports on N7651P (2)

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

- [Incident 20120916021199I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120916021199I), Sep 16, 2012: Piper PA-24-180 (N7651P), Lawrenceburg, TN, Minor damage. Pilot reported the gear collapsed upon landing. Investigation indicates that landing gear operates normal. Marks on the tires indicate that the landing gear…
- [Incident 19850929073319I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850929073319I), Sep 29, 1985: Piper PA24 (N7651P), Midland, MI, Minor damage. Landed with gear up after experiencing turbulence on final. Gear warning horn inoperative.

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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