# Incident 20110605009629I: Piper PA-24, Wadsworth, OH, June 5, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 5, 2011, 10:45 local time
- Place: Wadsworth, OH
- Airport: Wadsworth Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.0031° N, 81.7565° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WADSWORTH MUNI (3G3), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.0031&lon=-81.7565&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5043P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5043P-2023-03-01) (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: 228 total, 75 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110605009629I

## Narrative

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

AFTER DEPARTURE FROM 3G3 PILOT EXPERIENCED A LANDING GEAR GREEN LIGHT INDICATING ALL 3 GEARS WERE DOWN AND LOCKED, HOWEVER, UPON GEAR RETRACTION LANDING GEARS FAILED TO RETRACT. SINCE THE PILOT HAD A LANDING GEAR GREEN LIGHT HE ELECTED TO LAND WITH THE LANDING GEAR HANDLE SELECTED IN THE GEAR UP POSITION. UPON LANDING ON RUNWAY 28 AT 3G3 LANDING GEARS COLLASPED ON TOUCHDOWN. AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST ON RUNWAY 28 WITH MINOR SKIN DAMAGE AND PROPELLER DAMAGE, NO INJURIES TO PILOT.

## Other reports on N5043P (1)

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

- [Incident 19980127010869I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980127010869I), Jan 27, 1998: Piper PA24 (N5043P), Wadsworth, OH, Minor damage. Narrative: the event on jan. 27, 1998, at approximately 19:15 in the evening involving Mr. Charles thigpen. As he was returning to Wadsworth Municipal Airport…

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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