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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-34-200T · Fort Stockton, TX · January 20, 2012

Date: January 20, 2012 · 20:00 local
Place: Fort Stockton, TX
Airport: Fort Stockton-Pecos County Air
Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N47864
Reported as: Piper PA-34-200T
Reported engine: Continental TSIO-360 series
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours: 3,000 total30 in this make and model30 in the last 90 days

N47864Registration cancelled Jul 8, 2013 · Piper PA-34-200TS/N 34-7870009 · Built 1977 Airframe modelPiper PA-34-200T Engine modelContinental TSIO-360 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

On January 21, 2012 at approximately 2000 local time, N47864, a PA-34, approached the Fort Stockton airport (fst) and attempted to extend the landing gear. The landing gear failed to extend. The pilot attempted to an emergency extention without success. The pilot opted to land the aircraft gear up after several attempts of extending the gear normally and emergency extend. The aircraft landed gear up causing damage to the propellers and minor skin damage on the airplane underside. The aircraft hydraulic pump was found to have failed. The emergency extend was activated when the aircraft was lifted and the gear extended at that time.

As the FAA filed it

ON JANUARY 21, 2012 AT APPROXIMATELY 2000 LOCAL TIME, N47864, A PA-34, APPROACHED THE FORT STOCKTON AIRPORT (FST) AND ATTEMPTED TO EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR. THE LANDING GEAR FAILED TO EXTEND. THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO AN EMERGENCY EXTENTION WITHOUT SUCCESS. THE PILOT OPTED TO LAND THE AIRCRAFT GEAR UP AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS OF EXTENDING THE GEAR NORMALLY AND EMERGENCY EXTEND. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED GEAR UP CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLERS AND MINOR SKIN DAMAGE ON THE AIRPLANE UNDERSIDE. THE AIRCRAFT HYDRAULIC PUMP WAS FOUND TO HAVE FAILED. THE EMERGENCY EXTEND WAS ACTIVATED WHEN THE AIRCRAFT WAS LIFTED AND THE GEAR EXTENDED AT THAT TIME.