# Incident 20110201007149I: Piper PA-28R-200, Titusville, FL, February 1, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 1, 2011, 10:35 local time
- Place: Titusville, FL
- Airport: Space Coast Regional Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.5148° N, 80.7992° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SPACE COAST RGNL (TIX), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.5148&lon=-80.7992&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5033S, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5033S) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 500 total, 60 in this make and model, 250 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110201007149I

## Narrative

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

THE ACFT TOUCHED DOWN ON RWY 9 WITH THE LDG GEAR PARTIALLY EXTENDED. THE CFI & CFI STUDENT ON BOARD ABORTED THE LANDING AND INITIATED A GO-AROUND AS THE ACFT BEGAN CONTACTING THE RWY. THE CFI THEN CONTACTED TIX ATCT AND CONFIRMED DURING A TOWER FLY-BY THAT THE GEAR WAS NOT FULLY EXTENDED EVEN THOUGH THE GEAR HANDLE WAS IN THE DOWN POSITION. THEY  MANUALLY LOWERED THE GEAR, AND LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.DURING A POST-INCIDENT INTERVIEW, BOTH PILOTS REPORTED THAT THEY WERE CERTAIN THEY SAW THREE GREEN (GEAR-DOWN) LIGHTS  WHEN THEY RAN THEIR 'GUMP' CHECK ON APPROACH JUST BEFORE THE INCIDENT OCCURRED. THEY ALSO NOTED THAT THEY HAD EXPERIENCED TRANSPONDER & RADIO FAILURES EARLIER IN THE FLIGHT AND WERE USING A HAND-HELD RADIO TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE TOWER DURING THE LATTER PORTION OF THE FLIGHT.POST-INCIDENT EXAMINATION OF THE ACFT REVEALED THAT THE PROPELLER TIPS WERE DAMAGED, AND THAT THE LEFT FLAP AND THE ENTRY STEP BEHIND THE RIGHT WING HAD RWY CONTACT DAMAGE. THE ACFT BATTERY WAS PARTLY DISCHARGED AND UNABLE TO PROVIDE SUFFICIENT POWER TO OPERATE THE STARTER. THE GEAR DOWN POSITION LIGHTS WERE ALL DIMLY ILLUMINATED WITH THE MASTER SW ON. FURTHER INVESTIGATION OF THE EXACT NATURE OF THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM FAILURE IS PENDING, AND THIS REPORT WILL BE AMENDED WITH ANY ADDITIONAL FINDINGS AS WARRANTED.

## Other reports on N5033S (3)

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

- [Accident 20150112001509A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150112001509A), Jan 12, 2015: Piper PA-28R-200 (N5033S), Deland, FL, Substantial damage. The pilot was on an instrument approach into Deland. Did not make the first attempt for landing. Circled the airport in IFR conditions and tried 4 other times…
- [Incident 19790330012989I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790330012989I), Mar 30, 1979: Piper PA28R200 (N5033S), Gainesville, FL, Minor damage. Gear lights showed safe, no warning horn. Nose gear collapsed after touchdown.
- [Incident 19790220007449I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790220007449I), Feb 20, 1979: Piper PA28R200 (N5033S), Sarasota, FL, Minor damage. Hit taxi light.

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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