# Incident 20031204031539I: Piper PA24, Bainbridge, GA, December 4, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 4, 2003, 10:00 local time
- Place: Bainbridge, GA
- Airport: Decatur County Industrial Airp
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.9716° N, 84.6369° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DECATUR COUNTY INDUSTRIAL AIR PARK (BGE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.9716&lon=-84.6369&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5088P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5088P) (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
- Reported engine: LYC O360A1A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 277 total, 21 in this make and model, 21 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031204031539I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 12-04-2003 AT APPROXIMATELY 1000 HRS N5088P COMPLETED A NORMAL APPROACH AND LANDING. DURING THE LANDING ROLLOUT AT APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR BEGAN TO RETRACT FOLLOWED IMMEDIATELY BY RETRACTION OF THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR. THE NOSE GEAR REMAINED IN THE DOWN AND LOCKED POSITION. THE AIRPLANE DEPARTED THE RUNWAY TO THE RIGHT INCURRING MINOR DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT WING TIP FAIRING AND THE ANTENNAES ON THE BOTTOM OF THE FUSELAGE. NO CREW INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED. THE PILOT AND FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR WERE DEBRIEFED AND COUNSELED ON THE OPERATION OF THE LANDING GEAR SYSTEM. NO FURTHER ACTION IS REQUIRED.

## Other reports on N5088P (1)

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

- [Incident 20170728012199I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170728012199I), Jul 28, 2017: Piper PA-24 (N5088P), Bainbridge, GA, Minor damage. On July 28, 2017 at approximately 7:00PM EDT, N5088P experienced a gear up landing at the Decatur County Airport (kbge) located in Bainbridge, Georgia causing…

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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