# Incident 20111125026639I: Piper PA-24-180, Wickenburg, AZ, November 25, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 25, 2011, 16:35 local time
- Place: Wickenburg, AZ
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.9858° N, 112.7683° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wickenburg, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9858&lon=-112.7683&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7023P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7023P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-180 (registry code 7102403, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-180) (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-24-180
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 5,200 total, 350 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20111125026639I

## Narrative

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

AIRMAN TOOK OFF FOR LOCAL PROFICIENCY FLIGHT. AFTER TAKEOFF AIRMAN NOTICED GEAR UP LIGHT WAS NOT LIT. AIRMANS CLIP BOARD WAS BLOCKING MANUAL GEAR EXTENSION LEVER FROM STOWING AND KEPT GEAR RETRACTION MOTOR RUNNING. BY THE TIME THE AIRMAN UNBLOCKED THE LEVER THE MOTOR HAD "BURNED UP" AND HE SMELLED SMOKE. AIRMAN ATTEMPTED MANUAL GEAR EXTENSION BUT ELECTRICAL GEAR MOTOR WOULD NOT RELEASE FROM WORM GEAR. AFTER ONE HOUR OF AIRBORNE TROUBLE SHOOTING, AIRMAN LANDED GEAR UP WITH MINIMAL DAMAGE.

## Other reports on N7023P (1)

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

- [Incident 20210307000269I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210307000269I), Mar 7, 2021: Piper PA-24-180 (N7023P), Springdale, AR, Minor damage. Aircraft was inbound to land runway 18 at Springdale, AR. Upon the aicraft touching down on the main landing gear, when the nose gear touched down and during…

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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