# Incident 20090311002579I: Piper PA32R300, Detroit, MI, March 11, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 11, 2009, 14:00 local time
- Place: Detroit, MI
- Airport: Coleman A. Young Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.4124° N, 83.0106° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at COLEMAN A YOUNG MUNI (DET), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.4124&lon=-83.0106&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2679Q, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2679Q) (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: 3,757 total, 56 in this make and model, 76 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090311002579I

## Narrative

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

(-23) FLIGHT FROM DAY TO DET AT 1300 ON APPROACH THE PILOT PUT GEAR LEVER HANDLE DOWN.  TWO GREEN LIGHTS (NOSE AND LEFT MAIN) INDICATED, BUT GEAR UNSAFE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED.  NO GREEN LIGHT FOR RIGHT GEAR.  THE TOWER RECONFIRMED THAT THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR WAS AT A 45 DEGREE ANGLE.  THE PILOT THEN RECYCLED THE GEAR SEVERAL TIMES WITH SAME INDICATION.  THE AMMETER WAS INDICATING 70 AMPS AND THEN THE BREAKER POPPED.  BREAKER WAS PUSHED BACK IN BUT THE SAME SCENARIO HAPPENED.  THE EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSION CHECKLIST WAS THEN USED, NO HELP.  THE PILOT THEN CONTACTED A TECH REP FOR MORE TROUBLESHOOTING WITH NO LUCK.  THE PILOT DECIDED TO LAND ON RUNWAY 33 TO USE THE WIND TO KEEP THE RIGHT WING UP, ONCE LANDED HE VEERED OFF TO THE RIGHT INTO GRASS.  NO INJURIES TO PERSONS INVOLVED AND MINOR DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT.

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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