# Incident 20041004028519I: Piper PA24, Fort Huachuca-S, AZ, October 4, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 4, 2004, 19:33 local time
- Place: Fort Huachuca-S, AZ
- Airport: Libby Aaf - Sierra Vista Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.5633° N, 110.3343° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fort Huachuca, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.5633&lon=-110.3343&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7662P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7662P) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,250 total, 1,546 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20041004028519I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AFTER COMPLETION OF A BFR, PILOT WAS ATTEMPTING TO LAND WHEN HE NOTICED HE DIDN'T HAVE A GEAR SAFE LIGHT ON THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR. FLYBY OF A BORDER PATROL HELICOPTER INDICATED THAT IT APPEARED THAT THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR WAS NOT IN THE DOWN AND LOCKED POSITION. PILOT FLEW AIRCRAFT FOR ANOTHER 45 MINUTES TO BURN OFF FUEL THEN PROCEEDED TO LAND AT THE SIERRA VISTA, AZ AIRPORT. THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED ON ROLL-OUT. AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT FLAP TRAILING EDGE, RIGHT WING TIP, AND ELEVATOR TIP ON THE RIGHT SIDE. IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT A BENT ROD IN THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR RESULTED IN THE INABILITY FOR THE GEAR TO EXTEND TO THE LOCKED POSITION.

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.