# Incident 20050803019229I: Piper PA24, Lake City, FL, August 3, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 3, 2005, 13:44 local time
- Place: Lake City, FL
- Airport: Lake City Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.1886° N, 82.6422° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lake City, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.1886&lon=-82.6422&mi=10
- Aircraft: N180ML, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N180ML) (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
- Reported engine: LYC O360A1D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 155 total, 83 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050803019229I

## Narrative

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

(-23) DURING NORMAL APPROACH TO LAND PILOT ATTEMPTED TO EXTEND GEAR NORMALLY, HOWEVER, PILOT DID NOT GET GEAR DOWN INDICATION. PILOT REPORTED THAT LANDING GEAR MOTOR CIRCUIT BREAKER POPPED AND THAT MANUAL GEAR EXTENSION HANDLE DID NOT APPEAR TO BE IN THE FULL DOWN POSITION. PILOT NOTIFIED THE LAKE CITY TOWER THAT HE WAS EXPERIENCING GEAR PROBLEMS. PILOT ATTEMPTED TO CYCLE GEAR SEVERAL ADDITIONAL TIMES UNSUCCESSFULLY. PILOT EXECUTED SEVERAL FLY-BYS TO ASCERTAIN POSITION OF GEAR FROM THE TOWER AND FROM A U.S FORESTRY SERVICE AIRCRAFT WHOM BOTH VERIFIED GEAR WAS NOT DOWN. PILOT BROUGHT GEAR UP AND THEN ATTEMPTED TO EXTEND GEAR TO THE DOWN AND LOCKED POSITION WITH THE MANUAL GEAR HANDLE WITHOUT SUCCESS. PILOT ATTEMPTED A NORMAL LANDING WHEN GEAR COLLAPSED UPON TOUCHDOWN. CAUSE OF GEAR EXTENSION FAILURE UNDER INVESTIGATION.

## Other reports on N180ML (3)

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

- [Incident 20200726011309I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200726011309I), Jul 26, 2020: Piper PA-24 (N180ML), Haleyville, AL, Minor damage. Pilot stated he was performing touch and go landings when on the third landing he did not get a green light showing the landing gear down and locked. Pilot…
- [Accident 20180411014709A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180411014709A), Apr 11, 2018: Piper PA-24 (N180ML), Hayleyville, AL, Substantial damage. Aircraft departed Posey airfield (1M4) from runway (36) practicing touch and go (tgl) maneuvers. Pilot stated that while performing a touch and go maneuver…
- [Incident 20061228027329I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20061228027329I), Dec 28, 2006: Piper PA24 (N180ML), Muscle Shoals, AL, Minor damage. (-23) The pilot stated he left haleyville airport (1M4) flew to courtland (9A4) and fueled up. He then flew north to Tennessee river and the engine started…

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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