# Accident 20090202000939A: Piper PA24250, Mineral Wells, TX, February 2, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 2, 2009, 01:39 local time
- Place: Mineral Wells, TX
- Airport: Mineral Wells
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.7817° N, 98.0603° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7817&lon=-98.0603&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5451P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5451P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-250 (registry code 7102404, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24250
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,300 total, 700 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN09CA169](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09CA169) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090202000939A

## Narrative

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

PRIVATE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS THE PILOT OF A PIPER COMANCHE N5451P WHEN IT DEPARTED MINERAL WELLS AIRPORT (MWL) ON FEBRUARY 2, 2009 AT APPROXIMATELY 18:30 CST.  THE LANDING GEAR FAILED TO RETRACT COMPLETELY AFTER TAKE OFF.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ THEN ATTEMPTED TO EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR WITHOUT SUCCESS.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ THEN MADE SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR USING THE “EMERGENCY LANDING GEAR SYSTEM”.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ELECTED TO RETURN TO MINERAL WELLS, TEXAS AND CONDUCT AN EMERGENCY LANDING PARALLEL TO RUNWAY 31 IN THE GRASS.  THIS DECISION WAS MADE AFTER CONFERRING WITH THE AIRPORT MANAGER VIA RADIO.  AN INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT MADE BY THE FAA AIRWORTHINESS PERSONNEL DETERMINED THE LANDING GEAR FAILED TO OPERATE PROPERLY BECAUSE OF INSUFFICIENT LUBRICATION OF THE WIRE CABLES THAT OPERATE THE LANDING GEAR.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CEN09CA169](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09CA169), Feb 3, 2009: Piper PA-24-250 (N5451P), Mineral Wells, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The failure of the airframe and power plant mechanic to ensure proper lubrication of wire cables in the landing gear system during the annual inspection which precluded safe operation of the landing…

## Other reports on N5451P (2)

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

- [Incident 19980714016659I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980714016659I), Jul 14, 1998: Piper PA24250 (N5451P), Columbus, OH, Minor damage. The aircraft landed with the landing gear not in the down and locked postion. A cmh FSDO maintenance inspection of the landing gear system could not duplicate…
- [Incident 19781030027849I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781030027849I), Oct 30, 1978: Piper PA24 (N5451P), Cape Girardeau, MO, Minor damage. Gear collapsd on rollout. Pilot said he was unable to get a gear safe light. All gear systems checked normal.

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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