# Incident 20021214036369I: Piper PA24, Fayetteville, NC, December 14, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 14, 2002, 16:44 local time
- Place: Fayetteville, NC
- Airport: Fayetteville Regional/Grannis
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.9912° N, 78.8803° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FAYETTEVILLE RGNL/GRANNIS FLD (FAY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.9912&lon=-78.8803&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5582P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5582P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24 (registry code 7102402, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24) (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 PA24
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,000 total, 500 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021214036369I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON DEPARTURE FROM MYRTLE BEACH, SC AIRPORT (MYR) ENROUTE TO FAYETTEVILLE, NC (FAY) PILOT NOTED THAT LANDING GEAR WAS NOT INDICATING UP AND THAT THE CIRCUIT BREAKER HAD POPPED. TRIED RESETTING THE CB TO NO AVAIL. CONTINUED TO FAY, WHERE HE WAS UNABLE TO LOWER THE GEAR IN THE NORMAL MANNER, OR USING THE EMERGENCY PROCEDURE. HE MADE A LOW PASS AND TOWER PERSON, JILL MERRILL, CONFIRMED THE GEAR WAS NOT FULLY DOWN. SHE SUGGESTED THAT THE PILOT PROCEED TO GRAYS CREEK AIRPORT (2GC), WHERE DALE SMITH, AN A&P MECHANIC AND FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR, MIGHT BE ABLE TO ASSIST HIM. HE TRIED ALL OF MR. SMITH'S SUGGESTIONS, WITHOUT SUCCESS. THEY RETURNED TO FAY AND DECIDED TO LAND WITH THE GEAR PARTIALLY EXTENDED BEFORE IT GOT DARK. ON TOUCHDOWN ON RUNWAY 28, THE GEAR FULLY RETRACTED, THE PROP HIT THE RUNWAY AND THE AIRCRAFT STOPPED WITHOUT INJURY TO THE 3 OCCUPANTS.

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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