20071207831889I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-32R-301 · West Palm Beac, FL · December 7, 2007

Date: December 7, 2007 · 19:15 local
Place: West Palm Beac, FL
Airport: Palm Beach International
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N9288B
Reported as: Piper PA32R301
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,600 total1,000 in this make and model20 in the last 90 days

N9288BRegistered now · Piper PA-32R-301S/N 3246079 · Built 1997 Airframe modelPiper PA-32R-301 Engine modelLycoming IO-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) When landing at west Palm Beach airport (pbi) Florida, the landing gear did not extend. Cycled the gear and gear light did not indicate down. The circuit breaker was popped. The pilot activated the emergency gear extension and landed the aircraft. The pilot did a few flybys and then landed. The main gear was extended but the prop hit the ground because the nose wheel was partially extended. The pilot realized he did not have all the wheels down when he landed. The emergency extension did not solve the landing gear problem. The nose wheel was partially extended on landing.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) WHEN LANDING AT WEST PALM BEACH AIRPORT (PBI) FLORIDA, THE LANDING GEAR DID NOT EXTEND. CYCLED THE GEAR AND GEAR LIGHT DID NOT INDICATE DOWN. THE CIRCUIT BREAKER WAS POPPED. THE PILOT ACTIVATED THE EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSION AND LANDED THE AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT DID A FEW FLYBYS AND THEN LANDED. THE MAIN GEAR WAS EXTENDED BUT THE PROP HIT THE GROUND BECAUSE THE NOSE WHEEL WAS PARTIALLY EXTENDED. THE PILOT REALIZED HE DID NOT HAVE ALL THE WHEELS DOWN WHEN HE LANDED. THE EMERGENCY EXTENSION DID NOT SOLVE THE LANDING GEAR PROBLEM. THE NOSE WHEEL WAS PARTIALLY EXTENDED ON LANDING.