# Incident 20071028830849I: Piper PA24250, East Troy, WI, October 28, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 28, 2007, 09:45 local time
- Place: East Troy, WI
- Airport: East Troy Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.7972° N, 88.3726° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at EAST TROY MUNI (57C), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.7972&lon=-88.3726&mi=10
- Aircraft: N108SG, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N108SG) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-250 (registry code 7102404, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24250
- Reported engine: LYC O540*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 634 total, 38 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20071028830849I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

- [Incident 19840709048329I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840709048329I), Jul 9, 1984: Piper PA24250 (N108SG), Milwaukee, WI, Minor damage. Landed gear up. Pilot neglected to extend the gear for landing.

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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