# Incident 20060813017759I: Piper PA24, Yuma, AZ, August 13, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 13, 2006, 11:50 local time
- Place: Yuma, AZ
- Airport: Yuma Mcas - Yuma International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.6559° N, 114.6064° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at YUMA MCAS/YUMA INTL (NYL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.6559&lon=-114.6064&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6001P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6001P) (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 O360*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 300 total, 3 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/20060813017759I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PIPER PA-24-180 DEPARTED LOVE FIELD (PRC) PRESCOTT, ARIZONA FOR YUMA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, YUMA ARIZONA. TWO (2) PERSONNEL WERE ON BOARD THE AIRCRAFT, THE AIRCRAFT OWNER AND A PILOT. ON FINAL APPROACH TO RUNWAY 17 AT YUMA INTERNATIONAL THE AIRCRAFT OWNER QUESTIONED THE PILOT IF THE LANDING GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED. THE PILOT RESPONDED YES SEE THE LIGHT. AS PER THE STATEMENT FROM THE AIRCRAFT OWNER THE COCKPIT WAS ILLUMINATED WITH BRIGHT SUNLIGHT. JUST BEFORE TOUCHDOWN THE AIRCRAFT OWNER CUPPED HIS HAND OVER THE GREEN LANDING GEAR EXTEND/SAFE LIGHT AND DISCOVERED IT WAS NOT ON. AS THE AIRCRAFT OWNER WAS GETTING READY TO TELL PILOT NOT TO LAND, THE AIRCRAFT WAS SKIDDING DOWN THE RUNWAY WITH LANDING GEAR RETRACTED AND IN THE WHEEL WELLS. AFTER THE OCCUPANTS EVACUATED THE AIRCRAFT AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ARRIVED, THE AIRCRAFT OWNER LOOKED INTO THE AIRCRAFT COCKPIT AND DISCOVERED THAT THE LANDING GEAR CIRCUIT BREAKER WAS POPPED OUT. INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT REVIEWED THAT THE LANDING GEAR WAS INDEED IN THE FULL UP AND RETRACTED POSITION UPON TOUCHDOWN.

## Other reports on N6001P (1)

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

- [Incident 19890410017139I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890410017139I), Apr 10, 1989: Piper PA24 (N6001P), Auburn, WA, Minor damage. Gear retracted automatically on landing. Gear was mechanically jammed in hallway. Down position.

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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