# Incident 20090813018389I: Piper PA24250, Topeka, KS, August 13, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 13, 2009, 17:50 local time
- Place: Topeka, KS
- Airport: Forbes Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.0483° N, 95.6780° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Topeka, KS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0483&lon=-95.6780&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5466P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5466P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-250 (registry code 7102404, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24250
- Reported engine: LYC O540A1A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 550 total, 65 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090813018389I

## Narrative

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

ON AUGUST 13TH, 2009, AT APPROXIMATELY 1750 LOCAL TIME, A COMMERCIAL PILOT WAS INVOLVED IN AN AIRCRAFT INCIDENT RESULTING FROM LANDING WITH AN UNSAFE GEAR INDICATION AT THE TOPEKA FORBES FIELD (KFOE), TOPEKA, KANSAS.  THE AIRCRAFT INVOLVED IN THIS INCIDENT IS A PIPER PA-24-250 COMANCHE, WHICH WAS ALSO INVOLVED IN AN OFF-AIRPORT LANDING RESULTING FROM FUEL STARVATION EARLIER THAT DAY IN ELLSWORTH, KS.  THE AIRMAN STATED THAT UPON SELECTING GEAR DOWN, THE GEAR MOTOR CIRCUIT BREAKER POPPED OUT; THIS OCCURRED NUMEROUS TIMES AS THE AIRMAN ATTEMPTED TO RETRACT/EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR.  ALSO, THE AIRMAN ATTEMPTED TO MANEUVER THE AIRCRAFT TO AID IN ITS EXTENSION BUT TO NO AVAIL.  THE AIRMAN REQUESTED TO FLY BY THE CONTROL TOWER TO OBTAIN A VISUAL CONFIRMATION OF THE LANDING GEAR POSITION.  THE CONTROLLER STATED THAT THE LANDING GEAR APPEARED TO BE DOWN, ALTHOUGH THE AIRMAN HAS ADMITTED TO NOT HAVING A SAFE GEAR INDICATION.  AT NO TIME IN THE ARRIVAL PHASE WAS THE MANUAL GEAR EXTENSION PROCEDURE ATTEMPTED.  UPON TOUCHDOWN THE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE: THE AIRMAN WAS NOT INJURED.  A POST-INCIDENT INSPECTION VERIFIED THAT THE NORMAL AND MANUAL GEAR EXTENSION SYSTEMS WERE FUNCTIONING CORRECTLY.

## Other reports on N5466P (1)

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

- [Incident 20070531008049I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070531008049I), May 31, 2007: Piper PA24250 (N5466P), Topeka, KS, Minor damage. (-23) During a touch and go landing, the pilot selected the gear up instead of flaps up. The gear retracted during takeoff roll and while the aircraft was…

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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