20020514014749I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-24-250 · Las Vegas, NV · May 14, 2002

Date: May 14, 2002 · 10:07 local
Place: Las Vegas, NV
Airport: North Las Vegas Air Terminal
Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N5588P
Reported as: Piper PA24250
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 400 total350 in this make and model20 in the last 90 days

N5588PRegistered now · Piper PA-24-250S/N 24-654 · Built 1959 Airframe modelPiper PA-24-250 Engine modelLycoming 0-540 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) During take-off roll on a sales demonstration flight with the prospective buyer operating the controls, all three of the aircraft landing gears retracted at approximately 60 mph after cresting a small rise in the runway. Mr. Brooksby was the pilot in command and reported that neither pilot had raised the landing gear handle. After the aircraft came to a stop, both pilots exited normally. They then returned to the aircraft and both confirmed that the landing gear handle was still in the down position.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) DURING TAKE-OFF ROLL ON A SALES DEMONSTRATION FLIGHT WITH THE PROSPECTIVE BUYER OPERATING THE CONTROLS, ALL THREE OF THE AIRCRAFT LANDING GEARS RETRACTED AT APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH AFTER CRESTING A SMALL RISE IN THE RUNWAY. MR. BROOKSBY WAS THE PILOT IN COMMAND AND REPORTED THAT NEITHER PILOT HAD RAISED THE LANDING GEAR HANDLE. AFTER THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP, BOTH PILOTS EXITED NORMALLY. THEY THEN RETURNED TO THE AIRCRAFT AND BOTH CONFIRMED THAT THE LANDING GEAR HANDLE WAS STILL IN THE DOWN POSITION.