# Incident 20110109003349I: Piper PA-31-325, Anchorage, AK, January 9, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 9, 2011, 16:55 local time
- Place: Anchorage, AK
- Airport: Merril Field Ak
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.2181° N, 149.9003° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Anchorage, AK, within about 23 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.2181&lon=-149.9003&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5192Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5192Y-2018-01-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31-325 (registry code 7103105, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31-325) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-31-325
- Reported engine: LYCOMING TI0-540 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110109003349I

## Narrative

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

PILOT REPORTED: AFTER ANNUAL MANTENANCE AND RIGHT GEAR ACTUATOR REPLACEMENT. THIS MAINTENANCE FLIGHT WAS ACCOMPLISHED. TAKE OFF FROM MERRIL FIELD AK, WAS NORMAL GEAR RETRACTION WAS UNEVENTFUL.  ON CLIMB OUT A TEST OF THE GEAR, WAS ACCOMPLISHED.  AT THAT TIME THE RIGHT GEAR DOWN AND LOCK GREEN  INDICATOR LIGHT DID NOT ILLUMINATE.SEVEREL ATTEMPTS TO CYCLE THE GEAR WITH NO POSITIVE RESULTS.  CONTACTED MERRILL FIELD TOWER, REPORTED THE GEAR PROBLEM.  NO EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED.  THE PLAN AT THAT TIME WAS TO DO A TOWER FLY BY WITH THE GEAR DOWN, TO DETERMINE IF GEAR WAS DOWN FROM THE TOWERS OBSERVATION. A MILE FROM THE AIRPORT WITH GEARDOWN THE RIGHT GEAR DOWN AND LOCK INDICATOR SHOWED GREEN DOWN AND LOCK.  REPORTED THIS TO TOWER AND REQUESTED TO LAND, RECEIVED CLEARENCE TO LAND, PROCEEDED WITH NORMAL APPORCH AND LANDED  AIRCRAFT UNEVENTFUL. TAXI AIRCRAFT TO TIE DOWN AND ALL GEAR INDICATION SHOWED NORMAL.  ASI INSPECTORS COSTALLOS AND REDIFER INSPECTED THE AIRCRAFT AND PERMANENT RECORDS.   FOUND ALL DOCUMENTS, PROCEDURES AND MAINTENANCE COMPLETED PROPERLY,  FOUND BOTH AIRMAN AND MAINTENANCE CERTIFICATES TO BE IN ORDER.ALSO FOUND THE CORRECT FLIGHT PROCEDURES AND SAFETY PRECAUTIONS WERE FOLLOWED.A NO ACTION IS RECOMMENDED WITH THIS INCIDENT.

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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