# Incident 20040718017249I: Piper PA24, Pawtucket, RI, July 18, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 18, 2004, 15:20 local time
- Place: Pawtucket, RI
- Airport: North Central State
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.9207° N, 71.4914° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NORTH CENTRAL STATE (SFZ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9207&lon=-71.4914&mi=10
- Aircraft: N38AG, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N38AG) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,600 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040718017249I

## Narrative

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

(-23) N38AG, PA-24-24, PIPER COMANCHE, AT 1520 EDT, 7/15/04 LANDED AT THE NORTH CENTRAL STATE AIRPORT IN PAWTUCKET RI, RUNWAY 23 WITH THE LANDING GEAR UP. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. DAMAGE WAS TO THE PROP, SUDDEN STOPPAGE TO THE ENGINE, MINOR BELLY SKIN DAMAGE, ENGINE EXHAUST BENT, FLAP DAMAGE, AND A BROKEN ANTENNA. RUNWAY 5/23 WAS CLOSED WHILE THE AIRCRAFT WAS MOVED, NO IMPACT TO ATC SERVICES. THE PILOT STATED THAT ON HIS THIRD TOUCH AND GO, DURING HIS DOWNWIND SEQUENCE, HE SELECTED THE GEAR DOWN. HE DIDN'T NOTICE THAT AS THE GEAR WAS CYCLING TO THE DOWN POSITION THE LANDING GEAR CB HAD POPPED. HE DIDN'T REMEMBER SEEING THE GREEN DOWN AND LOCKED LIGHT. HE DID NOT REMEMBER HEARING THE GEAR WARNING HORN JUST PRIOR TO LANDING. HE DID NOT REMEMBER LOOKING AT HIS MIRROR MOUNTED ON THE LEFT WING TO SEE IF THE LANDING GEAR WAS IN A DOWN AND LOCKED POSITION. HE DID REMEMBER THE PROPELLER HITTING THE PAVEMENT AND SLIDING OFF TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF RUNWAY 23 INTO THE GRASS. INSPECTORS STATEMENT: THE AIRCRAFT WAS MANUFACTURED IN 1959 AND MR. GLOSTER HAS OWNED THE AIRCRAFT FOR TWENTY YEARS. MR. GLOSTER HAD THE LANDING GEAR WIRING HARNESS REPLACED DURING HIS LAST ANNUAL BECAUSE OF OTHER GEAR PROBLEMS IN THE PAST. MR. GLOSTER STATED THAT HE "HAS HAD LANDING GEAR PROBLEMS IN THE PAST AND RECENTLY NOTICED THAT THE LANDING GEAR CB HAD POPPED PRIOR TO THIS INCIDENT." REGARDLESS OF THE FACT THAT THERE MAY HAVE BEEN A MECHANICAL PROBLEM HE SHOULD HAVE MADE SURE THE GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED TO THE BEST OF HIS ABILITY. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

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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