# Incident 20051106028059I: Piper PA28RT201, Houston, TX, November 6, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 6, 2005, 15:40 local time
- Place: Houston, TX
- Airport: Houston-Southwest Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.5061° N, 95.4769° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HOUSTON/SOUTHWEST (AXH), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.5061&lon=-95.4769&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3023K, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3023K) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28RT-201 (registry code 7102818, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28rt-201) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28RT201
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 450 total, 18 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20051106028059I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT DEPARTED AXH AND LANDED AT BREHNAM AIRPORT AT 1:00 P.M. DURING PRE-LANDING CHECKS, THE PILOT COULD NOT CONFIRM THAT THE GEAR DOWN LIGHTS WERE ILLUMINATED BUT FELT THE GEAR COME OUT AND CONFIRMED THE GEAR CIRCUIT BREAKER HAD NOT POPPED OUT. LATER, THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED BRENHAM AT 2:50 P.M. ENROUTE TO AXH. AT AXH, AGAIN THE PILOT COULD NOT CONFIRM THE GEAR DOWN LIGHTS WERE ILLUMINATED. PILOT OBSERVED THAT THE GEAR CIRCUIT BREAKER HAD POPPED OUT. THE PILOT THEN CHECKED THAT THE GEAR SELECTOR LEVER WAS IN THE DOWN POSITION, PUSHED THE CIRCUIT BREAKER IN, AND OBSERVED THAT IT DID NOT POP OUT. THE PILOT RECYCLED THE GEAR AND AGAIN COULD NOT CONFIRM THE GEAR DOWN LIGHTS WERE ILLUMINATED; CHECKED THAT THE CIRCUIT BREAKER WAS IN. AT APROXIMATELY 3:40 P.M., THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN ABOUT ONE THIRD OF THE WAY DOWN THE RUNWAY WITH THE LANDING GEAR RETRACTED. THE GEAR SELECTOR WAS IN THE DOWN POSITION. PILOT STATES THERE WAS NO PREVIOUS PROBLEM WITH THE LANDING GEAR. POST EVENT INVESTIGATION CONFIRMED THE GEAR ANNUNCIATORS BRIGHTNESS TO BE WORKING CORRECTLY; BRIGHT WITH NAV LIGHTS OFF AND DIM WITH THE NAV LIGHTS ON AND CONFIRMED THE EMERGENCY LANDING GEAR EXTEND SYSTEM OPERATIONWAS NORMAL.

## Other reports on N3023K (3)

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

- [Accident 20240308002149A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240308002149A), Mar 8, 2024: Piper PA-28RT-201 (N3023K), Allentown, PA, Substantial damage. The pilot mismanged his power on approach, landed short of runway 6, struck several lights, and resulted in substantial damage to the aircraft.
- [Incident 20171111019099I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20171111019099I), Nov 11, 2017: Piper PA-28RT-201 (N3023K), Fairfield, NJ, Minor damage. N3023K, a PA-28RT-201, was in the pattern at the caldwell airport, completing multiple touch and go's to runway 4. This was a training flight with a student…
- [Accident 20011224036849A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20011224036849A), Dec 24, 2001: Piper PA28RT201 (N3023K), Prescott, AZ, No damage. (.19) On December 24, 2001, at 0855 hours mountain standard time, a Piper PA-28RT-201, N3023K, failed to climb after takeoff on runway 21L and settled back…

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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