# Incident 20020514014749I: Piper PA24250, Las Vegas, NV, May 14, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 14, 2002, 10:07 local time
- Place: Las Vegas, NV
- Airport: North Las Vegas Air Terminal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.1750° N, 115.1372° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Las Vegas, NV, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1750&lon=-115.1372&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5588P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5588P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-250 (registry code 7102404, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24250
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 400 total, 350 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020514014749I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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