# Incident 20030808022519I: Piper PA28R200, Wetumpka, AL, August 8, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 8, 2003, 18:25 local time
- Place: Wetumpka, AL
- Airport: Wetumpka Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.5273° N, 86.3310° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WETUMPKA MUNI (08A), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.5273&lon=-86.3310&mi=10
- Aircraft: N55330, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N55330) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-200 (registry code 7102811, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R200
- Reported engine: CONT IO360*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 312 total, 2 in this make and model, 36 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030808022519I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT STATED THAT AFTER TAKING OFF FROM MGM HE RETRACTED THE GEAR AND THE GEAR FELL ONCE THE RETRACTION WAS COMPLETE. HE CHECKED THE AIRSPEED, MADE SURE THE GEAR HANDLE WAS UP, THAT ALL BREAKERS WERE SET, AND NOTICED THE EMERGENCY GEAR DOWN LEVER WAS IN THE DOWN POSITION. HE RESET THE EMERGENCY LEVER TO THE UP POSITION AND CYCLED THE GEAR. ONCE AGAIN IT FELL WHEN THE UP CYCLE WAS COMPLETE. HE THEN SET THE EMERGENCY GEAR OVERRIDE AND CYCLED THE GEAR UP AND THE PROBLEM STOPPED. HE CONTINUED TO WETUMPKA MUNICIPAL AIRPORT WHERE HE ENTERED THE PATTERN BEHIND A KITFOX, HE SLOWED THE AIRCRAFT TO 90 KTS AND DID A GUMP LESS GEAR. AT PATTERN ALTITUDE HE FOLLOWED OUTSIDE THE KITFOX ON DOWNWIND WHERE HE STARTED A SECOND GUMP, UPON ADJUSTING HIS SITTING POSITION THE SEAT RELEASED AND SLID BACKWARDS. HE RETURNED HIS SEAT TO HIS FLIGHT POSITION BY RELEASING HIS LAP BELT AND SCOOTING FORWARD AND RESETTING HIS LAP BELT. HE NOTICED THE KITFOX HAD TURNED FINAL SO HE EXTENDED HIS DOWNWIND WITH ONE NOTCH OF FLAPS, HE THEN TURNED BASE AND ADDED A SECOND NOTCH OF FLAPS, CHECKED HIS FUEL, PUMP, PROP, AND MIXTURE WHILE WATCHING THE KITFOX TAKEOFF. HE THEN PROCEEDED TO LAND. UPON LANDING HE REALIZED THE GEAR WAS UP.

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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