20061207026189I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-24-250 · Hayward, CA · December 7, 2006

Date
December 7, 2006 · 18:45 local
Place
Hayward, CA
Airport
Hayward Air Terminal
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N60WF
Reported as
Piper PA24250
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,700 total112 in this make and model40 in the last 90 days

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) Pilot reported that he had placed landing gear switch in the down position during approach. Pilot does not recall seeing a gear safe indication lamp. Aircraft landed gear up. Pilot reported after landing he had observed a book blocking the emergency gear lever travel and a tripped landing gear circuit breaker.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PILOT REPORTED THAT HE HAD PLACED LANDING GEAR SWITCH IN THE DOWN POSITION DURING APPROACH. PILOT DOES NOT RECALL SEEING A GEAR SAFE INDICATION LAMP. AIRCRAFT LANDED GEAR UP. PILOT REPORTED AFTER LANDING HE HAD OBSERVED A BOOK BLOCKING THE EMERGENCY GEAR LEVER TRAVEL AND A TRIPPED LANDING GEAR CIRCUIT BREAKER.