20061118029859I

Incident

FAA incident report · Piper PA-34-200T · Peoria, IL · November 18, 2006

Date: November 18, 2006 · 11:58 local
Place: Peoria, IL
Airport: Greater Peoria
Phase of flight: Final Approach
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft: N321WA
Reported as: Piper PA34200T
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,250 total484 in this make and model15 in the last 90 days

N321WARegistration cancelled Dec 17, 2010 · Piper PA-34-200TS/N 34-8070107 Airframe modelPiper PA-34-200T Engine modelContinental TSIO-360 seriesReciprocating

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) privacy data omitted on approach to pia, pilot selected gear down but did not receive a lt. main gear down and lock indication. Pilot cycled gear to no avail. Pilot informed the tower and the tower reported back to the pilot that the gear appeared to be down and locked. Pilot declared an emergency and made an uneventful landing without incident.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ON APPROACH TO PIA, PILOT SELECTED GEAR DOWN BUT DID NOT RECEIVE A LT. MAIN GEAR DOWN AND LOCK INDICATION. PILOT CYCLED GEAR TO NO AVAIL. PILOT INFORMED THE TOWER AND THE TOWER REPORTED BACK TO THE PILOT THAT THE GEAR APPEARED TO BE DOWN AND LOCKED. PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND MADE AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING WITHOUT INCIDENT.