20040504011389I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-24-250 · Salinas, CA · May 4, 2004

Date
May 4, 2004 · 16:30 local
Place
Salinas, CA
Airport
Salinas Municipal Airport
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N6595P
Reported as
Piper PA24250
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
550 total250 in this make and model7 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) The pilot noticed an unsafe gear warning on approach to landing. The pilot elected to go around and troubleshoot the situation. After an hour the pilot elected to bring the gear down manually. The pilot stated he could see his nose gear was down using a mirror located on the wing. The pilot touched down. After approximately 30 feet of roll-out, all of the gears collapsed.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE PILOT NOTICED AN UNSAFE GEAR WARNING ON APPROACH TO LANDING. THE PILOT ELECTED TO GO AROUND AND TROUBLESHOOT THE SITUATION. AFTER AN HOUR THE PILOT ELECTED TO BRING THE GEAR DOWN MANUALLY. THE PILOT STATED HE COULD SEE HIS NOSE GEAR WAS DOWN USING A MIRROR LOCATED ON THE WING. THE PILOT TOUCHED DOWN. AFTER APPROXIMATELY 30 FEET OF ROLL-OUT, ALL OF THE GEARS COLLAPSED.

Other reports on N6595P · 1

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