# Incident 20121018023349I: Piper PA-24, Lewiston, ID, October 18, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 18, 2012, 10:40 local time
- Place: Lewiston, ID
- Airport: Lewiston-Nez Perce County
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.3745° N, 117.0154° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LEWISTON/NEZ PERCE COUNTY (LWS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.3745&lon=-117.0154&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7107P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7107P-2018-02-08) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 750 total, 20 in this make and model, 22 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20121018023349I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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