# Incident 20031019026959I: Piper PA28R200, Wendover, UT, October 19, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 19, 2003, 19:15 local time
- Place: Wendover, UT
- Airport: Wendover Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.7187° N, 114.0287° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WENDOVER (ENV), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7187&lon=-114.0287&mi=10
- Aircraft: N15546, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N15546-2021-03-06) (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
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 530 total, 145 in this make and model, 27 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031019026959I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT LINED UP WITH THE RUNWAY ON FINAL APPROACH. HE WAS LANDING INTO THE LATE AFTERNOON SUN. HE PUT THE LANDING GEAR HANDLE IN THE GEAR DOWN POSITION, BUT DID NOT GET A GEAR DOWN AND LOCKED LIGHT. THE PILOT THOUGHT THAT THE LANDING GEAR HAD FAILED TO EXTEND. THREE ATTEMPTS WERE MADE TO EXTEND THE GEAR WITH THE GEAR DOWN HANDLE. ALL ATTEMPTS FAILED TO GET A GEAR DOWN AND LOCKED LIGHT. THE PILOT TRIED TO EXTEND THE GEAR WITH THE EMERGENCY GEAR DOWN SYSTEM. THESE ATTEMPTS FAILED TO GET A GEAR DOWN AND LOCKED LIGHT. THE PILOT MAY HAVE FAILED TO USE THE CORRECT EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSION PROCEDURES, TO EXTEND THE GEAR. THE AIRCRAFT LANDING GEAR WAS TESTED, AND FOUND TO WORK NORMALLY. THE GEAR WAS CYCLED 10 TIMES AND WORKED EACH TIME. THE EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSION SYSTEM WAS TESTED AND FOUND TO WORK PROPERLY. THE LANDING GEAR DOWN AND LOCKED LIGHT INTENSITY WAS IN THE DIME POSITION. THE LIGHT WAS TIED INTO THE COCKPIT LIGHTING SYSTEM, AND THAT SYSTEM WAS AT MAX DIM. LANDING INTO THE LATE EVENING SUN WOULD MAKE IT EXTREMELY DIFFICULT, TO DETERMINE THE GEAR POSITION WITH THE LIGHT FULLY DIMMED.

## Other reports on N15546 (1)

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

- [Accident 19810130002419A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810130002419A), Jan 30, 1981: Piper PA28R200 (N15546), Jacksonville, FL, Substantial damage. No green on right main gear. Manual extension same. Right main collapsed on landing. Lack of lubrication.

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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