# Incident 20130411006679I: Piper PA-24-250, Scottsdale, AZ, April 11, 2013

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 11, 2013, 12:20 local time
- Place: Scottsdale, AZ
- Airport: Scottsdale
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.5092° N, 111.8990° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Scottsdale, AZ, within about 8 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.5092&lon=-111.8990&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5500P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5500P-2013-07-01) (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: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 26,000 total, 200 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130411006679I

## Narrative

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

PILOT WAS ARRIVING AT THE KSDL AIRPORT AND WHEN HE ATTEMPTED TO LOWER HIS LANDING GEAR HE NOTICED THAT THERE WAS A MALFUNCTION.  ATC WAS INFORMED OF THE MALFUNCTION AND THE PILOT WENT TO AN AREA TO TROUBLESHOOT THE MALFUNCTION.

THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO LOWER THE GEAR WITH THE EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSION METHOD; HOWEVER THAT METHOD DID NOT WORK.  THE PILOT SAID HE MADE SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO LOWER THE GEAR.

THE PILOT INFORMED ATC THAT HE WOULD BE MAKING A GEAR UP LANDING AND TO HAVE FIRE RESCUE STANDING BY.

THE PILOT MADE A GEAR UP LANDING CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE AND NO INJURIES.

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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