# Accident 20120514012489A: Piper PA-24-250, Shawnee, OK, May 14, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 14, 2012, 13:30 local time
- Place: Shawnee, OK
- Airport: Shawnee Regional
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.3572° N, 96.9433° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.3572&lon=-96.9433&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7171P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7171P-2018-02-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-250 (registry code 7102404, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-24-250
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-540 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,134 total, 356 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN12LA299](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN12LA299) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120514012489A

## Narrative

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

THE EVENT OCCURRED AS FOLLOWS FROM STATEMENTS AND COLLECTED DATA. THE PIPER COMANCHE 250 N7171P ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ DEPARTED FORM PWA (WILEY POST) AT JUST AFTER 12:30 CDT AFTER HAVING THE ENGINE REMOVED, OVERHAULED AND REINSTALLED AT PWA. THE AIRCRAFT WAS FLOWN GEAR DOWN DUE TO THE SHORT DISTANCE AS STATED ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ TO HSD (SUNDANCE AIRPORT) FOR A FUEL STOP AND THEN TO SNL (SHAWNEE REGIONAL) WHICH IS THE AIRCRAFTS HOME BASE. THE FLIGHT WAS NORMAL UP TO THE POINT OF ENTERING THE TRAFFIC PATTERN AT SNL. AT THIS TIME THE LANDING GEAR FAILED TO FULLY EXTEND SUPPORTED BY NO GREEN LIGHT AND FOLLOW UP HANDLE DID INDICATE GEAR DOWN. MANUAL OVERRIDE OF GEAR EXTENSION WAS INITIATED BUT DID NOT APPEAR TO MOVE THE GEAR, AFTER MORE FORCE THE GEAR DROPPED AS STATED BY THE OPERATOR. IT WAS AT THIS TIME THE ENGINE LOST RPM AND THE OPERATOR STATED HE BEGAN LOOSING ALTITUDE, THE ENGINE HAD NO RESPONSE TO ADDITIONAL CONTROL INPUTS AND AN EMERGENCY LANDING TO THE SOUTH WAS CONDUCTED. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST ON A WESTERLY HEADING WITH THE LANDING GEAR PARTIALLY EXTENDED IN A WHEAT FIELD NORTHWEST OF SNL.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CEN12LA299](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN12LA299), May 14, 2012: Piper PA-24-250 (N7171P), Shawnee, OK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The improper installation of the mixture cable by maintenance personnel, which allowed the mixture cable to entangle with the landing gear during gear extension and led to the subsequent loss of…

## Other reports on N7171P (1)

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

- [Incident 19951216046069I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19951216046069I), Dec 16, 1995: Piper PA24250 (N7171P), Walnut Ridge, AR. Narrative: history of flight; on December 16, 1995, a Piper PA-24-250, N7171P on a VFR flight plan from chattanooga, TN to tulsa (riverside), ok declared an…

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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