# Incident 20020831025659I: Piper PA24250, Collinsville, OK, August 31, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 31, 2002, 15:48 local time
- Place: Collinsville, OK
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.3729° N, 95.8572° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Collinsville, OK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.3729&lon=-95.8572&mi=10
- Aircraft: N727DS, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N727DS) (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
- Reported engine: LYC O540*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,575 total, 75 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/20020831025659I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT, MR. JAMES C. BROWN, STATED THAT HE DEPARTED RIVER SIDE AIRPORT IN THE AM OF AUGUST 31, 2002. HE ARRIVED AT AIRMAN ACRES IN COLLINSVILLE, OK A SHORT TIME LATER. AROUND 11:30 THE PILOT STATED THAT HE DEPARTED AIRMAN ACRES, DID A TOUCH AND GO AT THE NOWATA AIRPORT AND THEN PROCEEDED TO MIAMI WITH THE INTENTION OF LANDING. THE PILOT SAID THAT WHEN HE PLACED THE GEAR SWITCH IN THE LOWER POSITION, HE DID NOT HAVE A GREEN LIGHT AND DID NOT LAND. THE PILOT IMMEDIATELY CHECK THE FUSE AND FOUND IT WAS OK, THE AMPMETER INDICATED THAT THE MOTOR WAS DRAWING POWER WHEN THE GEAR SWITCH WAS CYCLED EITHER WAY. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE HAD AROUND THREE HOURS OF FUEL AND ELECTED TO RETURN TO AIRMAN ACRES. WHEN THE PILOT ARRIVED AT AIRMAN ACRES, HE REVIEWED THE EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSION PROCEDURES, FOLLOWED THE CHECK LIST POINT BY POINT AND THE GEAR WOULD NOT RELEASE. THE PILOT ELECTED TO LAND TO THE NORTH AT AIRMAN ACRES, HE CAME IN LOW AND SLOW, HE PULLED THE MIXURE AND LANDED. THE LANDING WAS SMOOTH, AND THE AIRCRAFT SKIDDED ABOUT 100YARDS.

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