# Incident 20030810021849I: Piper PA32R300, St Louis, MO, August 10, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 10, 2003, 16:55 local time
- Place: St Louis, MO
- Airport: Spirit Of St Louis Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.6621° N, 90.6520° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SPIRIT OF ST LOUIS (SUS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.6621&lon=-90.6520&mi=10
- Aircraft: N38171, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N38171-2009-10-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32R-300 (registry code 7103213, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32r-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32R300
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030810021849I

## Narrative

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

(-23) LANDING GEAR WAS SELECTED TO DOWN POSITION FOR LANDING. THEY DID NOT GET A DOWN AND LOCK INDICATION FOR THE LEFT HAND MAIN LANDING GEAR. SEVERAL FAILED ATTEMPTS WERE MADE TO GET THE LANDING GEAR TO THE DOWN AND LOCKED POSITION. THEY DID A FLY-BY THE TOWER FOR A VISUAL CHECK ON THE POSITION OF THE LANDING GEAR AND IT APPEARED TO THE TOWER THAT IT WAS DOWN. DURING FINAL APPROACH THEY SHUT DOWN THE ENGINE AND LANDED. UPON LANDING THE GEAR STAYED IN THE DOWN POSITION FOR A SHORT TIME, THEN COLLAPSED. MINOR DAMAGE OCCURRED TO THE LEFT HAND WING TIP AND AILERON. THE LEFT HAND FLAP RECEIVED THE MOST DAMAGE. MAINTENANCE IS IN THE PROCESS OF CORRECTING THE MALFUNCTION AND REPAIRING THE DAMAGE.

## Other reports on N38171 (2)

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

- [Accident 20090626011809A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090626011809A), Jun 26, 2009: Piper PA32R300 (N38171), Osceola, MO, Destroyed, 2 fatal. (-23) On June 26, 2009, approximately 0904 central daylight time, a Piper PA-32R-300, serial number 32R-7780392, N38171 airplane, was destroyed when it…
- [Incident 19910912050199I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910912050199I), Sep 12, 1991: Piper PA32R300 (N38171), St Louis, MO, Minor damage. On a touch and go landing pilot forgot to lower landing gear. Landed gear 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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