# Incident 20041027029909I: Piper PA28R201, Melbourne, FL, October 27, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 27, 2004, 20:00 local time
- Place: Melbourne, FL
- Airport: Melbourne Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.0836° N, 80.6081° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Melbourne, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.0836&lon=-80.6081&mi=10
- Aircraft: N774FT (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R201
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 250 total, 30 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20041027029909I

## Narrative

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

(-23) TRAFFIC PATTERN WORK. PILOT CLEARED FOR TAKEOFF. UPON GEAR RETRACTION, RED UNSAFE LIGHT REMAINED ILLUMINATED, PILOT DEPARTED PATTERN BUT WAS UNABLE TO LOWER GEAR WITHOUT RED LIGHT GOING OUT. SHE ELECTED TO LAND AND UPON TOUCH DOWN LEFT GEAR COLLAPSED. DRAG LINK BOLT SHEARED.

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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