# Incident 20060411009219I: Piper PA28R201, Carbondale-Murp, IL, April 11, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 11, 2006, 12:00 local time
- Place: Carbondale-Murp, IL
- Airport: Southern Illinois
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.7781° N, 89.2520° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SOUTHERN ILLINOIS (MDH), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.7781&lon=-89.2520&mi=10
- Aircraft: N53580, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N53580) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-201 (registry code 7102816, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-201) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 SER A&C (registry code 41511, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-ser-a-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R201
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,700 total, 30 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060411009219I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AFTER TAKEOFF FROM RUNWAY 18L AT MDH, THE LANDING GEAR WAS RETRACTED AND THE PILOT HEARD A LOUD BANG. THE TOWER CONFIRMED THAT THE MAIN GEAR HAD RETRACTED BUT THE NOSE GEAR WAS STILL DOWN. THE COCKPIT INDICATED A GEAR UNSAFE INDICATION SO THE PILOT SELECTED GEAR DOWN. THE MAIN GEAR EXTENDED AND THE MAIN GEAR GREEN LIGHTS ILLUMINATED BUT THE NOSE GEAR GREEN LIGHT WAS NOT ILLUMINATED, AND THE GEAR UNSAFE LIGHT WAS STILL ILLUMINATED. THE PILOT TRIED THE POH EMERGENCY PROCEDURES AND SOME HIGH G MANEUVERS WERE PERFORMED BUT THE GEAR UNSAFE INDICATION REMAINED. AT THIS TIME THE PILOT ELECTED TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY, AND AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING WAS MADE. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED WITH THIS REPORT.

## Other reports on N53580 (1)

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

- [Incident 20170922019639I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170922019639I), Sep 22, 2017: Piper PA-28R-201 (N53580), Romeoville, IL, Minor damage. ^Mr. Pacella,^ a commercial student, observed that the landing gear circuit breaker was popped on the downwind leg for runway 20 at lewis university airport,…

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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