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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-24-250 · Porterville, CA · November 28, 2004

Date: November 28, 2004 · 10:25 local
Place: Porterville, CA
Airport: Porterville Municipal Airport
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N7326P
Reported as: Piper PA24250
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 6,500 total8 in this make and model40 in the last 90 days

N7326PRegistered now · Piper PA-24-250S/N 24-2504 · Built 1961 Airframe modelPiper PA-24-250 Engine modelLycoming 0-540 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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

(-23) VFR flight from O63-PTV. Pilot reported the gear would not extend prior to landing. He followed emergency gear extension procedure and reported the gear light indicated down and locked. Upon landing, gear reportedly collapsed. On 11-30-04 inspectors from the fresno FSDO traveled to ptv for on-scene investigation. The aircraft had been moved to a hangar and placed on jacks. Maintenance personnel performed an emergency landing gear procedure and the gear extended and locked down. Maintenance personnel then performed normal landing gear retraction and extension and the gear operated normally. privacy data omitted

As the FAA filed it

(-23) VFR FLIGHT FROM O63-PTV. PILOT REPORTED THE GEAR WOULD NOT EXTEND PRIOR TO LANDING. HE FOLLOWED EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSION PROCEDURE AND REPORTED THE GEAR LIGHT INDICATED DOWN AND LOCKED. UPON LANDING, GEAR REPORTEDLY COLLAPSED. ON 11-30-04 INSPECTORS FROM THE FRESNO FSDO TRAVELED TO PTV FOR ON-SCENE INVESTIGATION. THE AIRCRAFT HAD BEEN MOVED TO A HANGAR AND PLACED ON JACKS. MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL PERFORMED AN EMERGENCY LANDING GEAR PROCEDURE AND THE GEAR EXTENDED AND LOCKED DOWN. MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL THEN PERFORMED NORMAL LANDING GEAR RETRACTION AND EXTENSION AND THE GEAR OPERATED NORMALLY. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^