# Incident 20100410032839I: Piper PA-24, Chandler, AZ, April 10, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 10, 2010, 08:36 local time
- Place: Chandler, AZ
- Airport: Chandler Municipall
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.3062° N, 111.8413° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Chandler, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.3062&lon=-111.8413&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6704P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6704P-2012-10-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24 (registry code 7102402, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-24
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,889 total, 405 in this make and model, 44 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100410032839I

## Narrative

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

PILOT INDICATED THAT WHILE LANDING, HE NOTED THE AIRCRAFT SEAMED TO SINK MORE THAN USUAL. AT THIS TIME, THE PILOT STATED HE REALIZED THE GEAR WAS NOT DOWN AND LOCKED. FOLLOWING THIS, THE PILOT CONTINUED HIS LANDING RESULTING IN DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT BELLY AND PROPELLER. AFTER LANDING, PILOT STATED THAT THE CIRCUIT BREAKER FOR THE LANDING GEAR MOTOR HAD POPPED. AFTER REVIEWING THE AIRCRAFT DAMAGE AND TALKING WITH THE PILOT, INSPECTORS KELLEY AND MILLER FROM THE SCOTTSDALE FSDO STATED THAT IT APPEARED THE GEAR DID NOT APPEAR TO HAVE BEGUN EXTENDING BASED ON THE LACK OF DAMAGE TO THE TIRES AND GEAR DOORS.

## Other reports on N6704P (1)

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

- [Accident 19740707022569A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740707022569A), Jul 7, 1974: Piper PA24 (N6704P), Georgetown, NY, Substantial damage. Acft veered of rwy,l wing struck fence.

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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