# Incident 20050726021839I: Piper PA28R200, Chicago/West Ch, IL, July 26, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 26, 2005, 16:00 local time
- Place: Chicago/West Ch, IL
- Airport: Dupage
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.9071° N, 88.2480° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DUPAGE (DPA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9071&lon=-88.2480&mi=10
- Aircraft: N55131, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N55131) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-200 (registry code 7102811, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R200
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,300 total, 300 in this make and model, 300 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050726021839I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON A TRAINING FLIGHT, THE INSTRUCTOR AND STUDENT DEPARTED DUPAGE AIRPORT, (DPA) AND WENT TO A TRAINING AREA WEST OF DPA IN THE VICINITY OF DEKALB AIRPORT, IL. DURING LANDING PRACTICE THE GEAR WAS EXTENDED AND THE CREW OBSERVED 3 GREEN INDICATOR LIGHTS. A GO AROUND WAS REQUESTED OF THE STUDENT BY THE INSTRUCTOR. THE GEAR WAS RETRACTED AND A TRANSIT INDICATION LIGHT WAS OBSERVED. AFTER TRYING TO LOWER THE GEAR UNSUCCESSFULLY SEVERAL TIMES, A FLYBY WAS PERFORMED AT DPA TOWER, WITH THE TOWER CONFIRMING THAT THE NOSE GEAR WAS IN THE UP POSITION. AFTER MORE ATTEMPTS TO LOWER THE GEAR, EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT WAS DISPATCHED AND THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITH THE NOSE GEAR IN THE UP POSITION. THE INSTRUCTOR AND STUDENT EXITED THE AIRCRAFT UNINJURED, WITH MINIMAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.

## Other reports on N55131 (1)

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

- [Incident 20021025030959I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021025030959I), Oct 25, 2002: Piper PA28R200 (N55131), Ottumwa, IA, Minor damage. (-23) Pilot could not get the left main gear to lock down prior to landing. Emergency gear extension was not successful. Pilot landed aircraft and left gear…

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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