20071028830849I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-24-250 · East Troy, WI · October 28, 2007

Date: October 28, 2007 · 09:45 local
Place: East Troy, WI
Airport: East Troy Municipal
Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N108SG
Reported as: Piper PA24250
Reported engine: Lycoming O540*
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 634 total38 in this make and model2 in the last 90 days

N108SGRegistered now · Piper PA-24-250S/N 24-149 · Built 1958 Airframe modelPiper PA-24-250 Engine modelLycoming 0-540 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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

(-23) The pilot privacy data omitted stated as he was departing on a pleasure flight from East Troy, WI to stevens point, WI, while on the take off roll, the right wing dipped. He made a correction and continued the take off. When he retracted the landing gear he immediately discovered a malfunction with the landing gear. The pilot privacy data omitted contacted UNICOM and confirmed that the landing gear was not down. He then requested crash fire rescue be notified. The fire department was notified and was standing by prior to landing. The pilot privacy data omitted performed all the emergency procedures and made a couple of practice approaches prior to the actual landing. The pilot privacy data omitted landed the aircraft approximately 1/3 way down runway 26 and skidded approximately 675FT from the point of initial touch down. The damage was confined to the propeller, rear skin in the tail cone area and tail tie down.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED AS HE WAS DEPARTING ON A PLEASURE FLIGHT FROM EAST TROY, WI TO STEVENS POINT, WI, WHILE ON THE TAKE OFF ROLL, THE RIGHT WING DIPPED. HE MADE A CORRECTION AND CONTINUED THE TAKE OFF. WHEN HE RETRACTED THE LANDING GEAR HE IMMEDIATELY DISCOVERED A MALFUNCTION WITH THE LANDING GEAR. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ CONTACTED UNICOM AND CONFIRMED THAT THE LANDING GEAR WAS NOT DOWN. HE THEN REQUESTED CRASH FIRE RESCUE BE NOTIFIED. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS NOTIFIED AND WAS STANDING BY PRIOR TO LANDING. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ PERFORMED ALL THE EMERGENCY PROCEDURES AND MADE A COUPLE OF PRACTICE APPROACHES PRIOR TO THE ACTUAL LANDING. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ LANDED THE AIRCRAFT APPROXIMATELY 1/3 WAY DOWN RUNWAY 26 AND SKIDDED APPROXIMATELY 675FT FROM THE POINT OF INITIAL TOUCH DOWN. THE DAMAGE WAS CONFINED TO THE PROPELLER, REAR SKIN IN THE TAIL CONE AREA AND TAIL TIE DOWN.

Other reports on N108SG · 1

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

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