# Incident 20121117028929I: Piper PA-24-260, Owosso, MI, November 17, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 17, 2012, 14:00 local time
- Place: Owosso, MI
- Airport: Owosso
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.9953° N, 84.1758° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Owosso, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.9953&lon=-84.1758&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8610P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8610P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-260 (registry code 7102406, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-260) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-24-260
- Reported engine: LYCOMING TI0-540 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 611 total, 300 in this make and model, 13 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20121117028929I

## Narrative

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

ON SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2012 AT 2:00PM EASTERN TIME, A 1964 PIPER PA-24-260 ?COMANCHE?, N8610P, S/N 24-4063 (FIXED WING SINGLE ENGINE LAND AIRCRAFT) EXPERIENCED A LANDING GEAR RETRACTION AND SUBSEQUENT COLLAPSE DURING THE LANDING ROLLOUT ON RUNWAY 11 AT THE OWOSSO AIRPORT IN OWOSSO, MICHIGAN. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE INTENDED TO RETRACT THE FLAPS BUT INADVERTENTLY SELECTED THE LANDING GEAR HANDLE TO THE ?RETRACT? POSITION, CAUSING THE GEAR TO RETRACT AS THE AIRCRAFT WAS DECELERATING AFTER LANDING. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST NEAR THE EDGE OF THE RUNWAY.

THE AIRCRAFT WAS CARRYING TWO PEOPLE, THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND AND ONE PASSENGER WITH NO INJURIES

## Other reports on N8610P (1)

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

- [Accident 19730325005429A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730325005429A), Mar 25, 1973: Piper PA24260 (N8610P), Gatesville, NC, Substantial damage. Nr 3 ex valve bkn.

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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