# Incident 20091129025809I: Piper PA-28R-200, Akron, OH, November 29, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 29, 2009, 19:30 local time
- Place: Akron, OH
- Airport: Akron Fulton International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.0374° N, 81.4677° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at AKRON FULTON INTL (AKR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.0374&lon=-81.4677&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5100T, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5100T) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-200 (registry code 7102811, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28R-200
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 150 total, 50 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20091129025809I

## Narrative

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

FLIGHT ORIGINATED 11/29/2009 FROM NEW HAVEN, CT (HVN) AT 1545 EST. ' PILOT STATED CRUISE ALTITUDE OF 4500'MSL AND APPROXIMATELY 75% POWERSETTING.  INTENDED DESTINATION OF LIMA, OH. 50 MILES EAST OF AKR, HE ELECTED TO LAND AT AKR FOR FUEL.  TWICE DURING THE APPROACH HE EXTENDED LANDING GEAR RESULTING THREE GREEN LIGHTS DOWN POSITION INDICATED, THEN SUBSEQUENTLY NOTICED THE LEFT AND NOSE GREEN/DOWN INDICATOR LIGHTS EXTINGUISHED. EACH TIME HE CHECKED DIMMER LIGHTS, GEAR POSITION INDICATOR LIGHTS, SELECTOR HANDLE POSITION, THEN SELECTED GEAR UP, RIGHT GREEN DOWN POSITION INDICATOR LIGHT EXTINGUISHED, YELLOW INTRANSIT LIGHT ILLUMINATED.  ON FINAL APPROACH HE HAD GEAR DOWN SELECTED WITH THREE GREEN DOWN INDICATOR LIGHTS ILLUMINATED.  JUST BEFORE TOUCHDOWN HE NOTICED LEFT AND NOSE GREEN DOWN INDICTOR LIGHTS AGAIN EXTINGUISHED.  UNABLE TO GO AROUND, COMMITTED TO LANDING.'  LANDED, VEERED OFF LEFT SIDE OF RUNWAY AT APPROXIMATELY 1930 EST.

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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