# Incident 20090308004899I: Piper PA28RT201T, Monroe, LA, March 8, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 8, 2009, 10:08 local time
- Place: Monroe, LA
- Airport: Monroe Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.5106° N, 92.0361° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MONROE RGNL (MLU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.5106&lon=-92.0361&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8295P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8295P-2019-11-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28RT-201T (registry code 7102817, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28rt-201t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-360 series (registry code 17019, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28RT201T
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 872 total, 520 in this make and model, 21 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090308004899I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AS AIRMAN CONDUCTED HIS PRE-LANDING CHECKS HE WAS UNABLE TO GET INDICATION THAT THE LANDING GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED, AND THE LANDING GEAR UNSAFE LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED.  AIRMAN MADE SEVERAL MANEUVER IN ATTEMPT OF GETTING THE LANDING GEAR DOWN AND SAFE INDICATION, BUT WAS UNSUCCESSFUL, AND TRIED USING THE EMERGENCY GEAR HANDLE BUT THAT TO WAS UNSUCCESSFUL.  AIRMAN REQUESTED CONTROL TOWER TO DO A VISUAL LOOK OF THE LANDING GEAR, BUT WAS INFORMED BY THE CONTROLLER THAT THE LANDING GEAR WERE ONLY PARTIALLY EXTENDED.  AIRMAN CHOSE TO MAKE A "DEAD STICK" GEAR-UP LANDING ON A NON-ACTIVE RUNWAY.  UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION, IT WAS DISCOVERED WHEN AIRCRAFT POWER WAS APPLIED TO THE AIRCRAFT THE HYDRAULIC PUMP WAS RUNNING, BUT THE HYDRAULIC RESERVOIR SYSTEM WAS LOW.  THE NOSE LANDING GEAR ACTUATOR WAS LEAKING, BUT UNABLE TO DETERMINE, IF THAT CAUSE THE HYDRAULIC SYSTEM FLUID TO BE LOW.  A BOLT WITHIN THE EMERGENCY LANDING GEAR QUADRANT WAS INCORRECTLY INSTALLED LIMITING THE EMERGENCY GEAR HANDLE RANGE.  CAUSE OF THE INCIDENT IS STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION.

## Other reports on N8295P (1)

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

- [Incident 19990826034569I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990826034569I), Aug 26, 1999: Piper PA28RT201T (N8295P), Monroe, LA, Minor damage. (-23) During commercial flight instruction, pilot was distracted by additional ATC instructions and aerial applicator operating near runway 18. Forgot to put…

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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