# Incident 20090122002879I: Piper PA32R300, Macon, GA, January 22, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 22, 2009, 16:34 local time
- Place: Macon, GA
- Airport: Middle Georgia Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: FFKA
- Location: 32.6928° N, 83.6492° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MIDDLE GEORGIA RGNL (MCN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.6928&lon=-83.6492&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6291J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6291J-2012-02-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32R-300 (registry code 7103213, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32r-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32R300
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,182 total, 782 in this make and model, 285 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090122002879I

## Narrative

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

ABOUT 10 MILES OUT, AIRCRAFT WAS CLEARED TO LAND RUNWAY 23.  DURING THE RIGHT BASE LEG PILOT SLOWED THE AIRCRAFT TO 130 KNOTS, AND EXTENDED THE LANDING GEAR.  THE GEAR DID SEEM TO EXTEND A LITTLE SLOWER THAN NORMAL, BUT THE TWO MAIN GEAR GREEN LIGHTS CAME ON FIRST ONE BY ONE.  THE NOSE GEAR GREEN LIGHT WAS DELAYED A LITTLE LONGER AND DID NOT COME ON UNTIL ABOUT A ½ MILE FINAL.  PILOT ALSO HELD DOWN THE EMERGENCY EXTENSION LEVER FOR A FEW SECONDS JUST TO MAKE SURE GEAR WAS COMPLETELY DOWN.  ONCE THE NOSE GEAR LIGHT ILLUMINATED PILOT ASKED THE CONTROL TOWER IF THEY COULD VISUALLY CONFIRM 3 GEAR.  ATC CONFIRMED WITH A YES.  AFTER THIS VISUAL CONFIRMATION OF 3 GEAR AND THE NOW 3 GREEN DOWN AND LOCK INDICATION, PILOT CONTINUED HIS APPROACH AND LANDED ON RUNWAY 23.  WHEN THE AIRCRAFT WAS ON THE GROUND AND DURING ROLLOU,T THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED.  AT THAT TIME PILOT PULLED THE MIXTURE TO THE OFF POSITION, THE AIRCRAFT SKIDDED DOWN THE RUNWAY ON THE RIGHT WINGTIP AND STARTED TO SKID TOWARDS THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY AND CAME TO STOP ON THE EDGE OF THE RUNWAY.  INITIAL MAINTENANCE INSPECTION OF LANDING GEAR COMPONENTS SHOWS NO DEFECTS.  EXTENSION AND RETRACTION OF GEAR CHECKS NORMAL AT THIS TIME.

## Other reports on N6291J (1)

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

- [Incident 19870520036289I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870520036289I), May 20, 1987: Piper PA32R300 (N6291J), Gainesville, GA, Minor damage. Left top side of engine cowl came loose en route. Safe landing. Cowling fastner had broken.

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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