# Incident 20020523011309I: Piper PA23160, Enterprise, AL, May 23, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 23, 2002, 10:00 local time
- Place: Enterprise, AL
- Airport: Enterprise Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.2997° N, 85.8998° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ENTERPRISE MUNI (EDN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.2997&lon=-85.8998&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4113P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4113P-2021-10-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-160 (registry code 7102304, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-160) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23160
- Pilot flight hours: 9,675 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020523011309I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT OPERATING AIRCRAFT N4113P IN THE TRAFFIC PATTERN AT THE ENGERPRISE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, STATED "LOWERING THE LANDING GEAR, VERIFIED THE LANDING GEAR IN TRANSIT, THREE GREEN LIGHTS, AND A VISUAL CHECK ON THE SIDE MIRROR." FOLLOWED BY A GEAR UP LANDING. THE CREW TALKED THROUGH AND REPEATED BEFORE LANDING CALL OUTS BUT NEVER ACTUALLY EXECUTING. THE BEFORE LANDING CHECK LIST WAS NEVER USED, COMPLACENCY IN THE COCKPIT LED TO THE GEAR UP LANDING. ON SITE INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE LANDING GEAR WAS NEVER EXTENDED DUE TO THE FOLLOWING FACTORS: 1. THE PROPELLERS WERE EVENLY, AND SEVERELY BENT BACKWARDS. 2. THE LANDING GEAR DOORS WERE NOT DAMAGED AT ALL. 3. THE TRAILING EDGES OF BOTH FLAPS WERE GROUND DOWN. 4. THERE WAS NOT WEAR ON THE EXPOSED TIRE AREA; MAINTENANCE INSPECTED, AND CYCLED THE LANDING GEAR SEVERAL TIMES, AND FOUND TO BE OPERATING NORMAL.

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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