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FAA incident report · Piper PA-24 · Lewiston, ID · October 18, 2012

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Date
October 18, 2012 · 10:40 local
Place
Lewiston, ID
Airport
Lewiston-Nez Perce County
Phase of flight
Landing: Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N7107P
Reported as
Piper PA-24
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
750 total20 in this make and model22 in the last 90 days
N7107PRegistration cancelled Feb 8, 2018 · Piper PA-24S/N 24-2264 · Built 1960Airframe modelPiper PA-24Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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The pilot departed Lewiston-Nez Perce County Airport (klws) enroute to glendale, Arizona with a planned fuel stop in mccall, Idaho (kmyl). On approach to mccall, the landing gear indicator showed the gear was not down and locked. The emergency gear extend handle was in mid-travel indicating the landing gear was partially extended. The pilot elected to return to Lewiston because of maintenance capabilities there. The pilot tried to lower the gear manually upon arrival at Lewiston but was unable to move the emergency gear extend handle. The pilot contacted Lewiston tower who confirmed the gear was partially down and suggested resetting the circuit breaker. Resetting the circuit breaker had no effect on the gear operation and the pilot elected to land with the landing gear partially extended. The aircraft touched down on runway 12 causing the gear to collapse and the aircraft to rotate 90 degrees to the left where it stopped on the runway. There were no injuries. Damage was limited to the propeller, the nose gear door, and the fuselage belly.

As the FAA filed it

THE PILOT DEPARTED LEWISTON-NEZ PERCE COUNTY AIRPORT (KLWS) ENROUTE TO GLENDALE, ARIZONA WITH A PLANNED FUEL STOP IN MCCALL, IDAHO (KMYL). ON APPROACH TO MCCALL, THE LANDING GEAR INDICATOR SHOWED THE GEAR WAS NOT DOWN AND LOCKED. THE EMERGENCY GEAR EXTEND HANDLE WAS IN MID-TRAVEL INDICATING THE LANDING GEAR WAS PARTIALLY EXTENDED. THE PILOT ELECTED TO RETURN TO LEWISTON BECAUSE OF MAINTENANCE CAPABILITIES THERE. THE PILOT TRIED TO LOWER THE GEAR MANUALLY UPON ARRIVAL AT LEWISTON BUT WAS UNABLE TO MOVE THE EMERGENCY GEAR EXTEND HANDLE. THE PILOT CONTACTED LEWISTON TOWER WHO CONFIRMED THE GEAR WAS PARTIALLY DOWN AND SUGGESTED RESETTING THE CIRCUIT BREAKER. RESETTING THE CIRCUIT BREAKER HAD NO EFFECT ON THE GEAR OPERATION AND THE PILOT ELECTED TO LAND WITH THE LANDING GEAR PARTIALLY EXTENDED.THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN ON RUNWAY 12 CAUSING THE GEAR TO COLLAPSE AND THE AIRCRAFT TO ROTATE 90 DEGREES TO THE LEFT WHERE IT STOPPED ON THE RUNWAY. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. DAMAGE WAS LIMITED TO THE PROPELLER, THE NOSE GEAR DOOR, AND THE FUSELAGE BELLY.