# Accident 20030628013279A: Piper PA24260, Ogden, UT, June 28, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 28, 2003, 12:47 local time
- Place: Ogden, UT
- Airport: Ogden-Hinckley Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.1911° N, 112.0069° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.1911&lon=-112.0069&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8547P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8547P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-260 (registry code 7102406, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-260) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24260
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,200 total, 600 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN03LA127](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN03LA127) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030628013279A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 6/28/03, AT 1247MDT, N8547P, A PIPER PA-24-260, PILOTED BY ALAN WAYNE THOMPSON SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE WHEN HIS AIRCRAFT LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED AFTER TOUCHDOWN. MR. THOMPSON LOWERED THE LANDING GEAR, BUT HAD NO GEAR-DOWN INDICATION. HE CONTACTED THE OGDEN TOWER AND THEY REPORTED HIS GEAR APPEARED TO BE DOWN. MR. THOMPSON LANDED THE AIRCRAFT ON RUNWAY 25 THEN, APPROXIMATELY 300-400 FEET INTO HIS ROLLOUT ALL LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED. TWO PEOPLE WERE ON BOARD. NO INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB DEN03LA127](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN03LA127), Jun 28, 2003: Piper PA-24-260 (N8547P), Ogden, UT, substantial damage. Probable cause: the failure of the landing gear retraction/extension assembly due to the improper rigging of the landing gear.

## Other reports on N8547P (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20220406004549I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220406004549I), Apr 6, 2022: Piper PA-24-260 (N8547P), Mesa, AZ, Minor damage. On April 6, 2022 about 0800 PST time. A Piper PA-24-260 comanche serial number 24-4004, N8547P, which was certificated under the provisions of 14 CFR section…

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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