# Incident 20130812016379I: Piper PA-24-250, Columbia, SC, August 12, 2013

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 12, 2013, 16:15 local time
- Place: Columbia, SC
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.0007° N, 81.0348° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Columbia, SC, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0007&lon=-81.0348&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7223P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7223P-2018-06-26) (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: 650 total, 525 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130812016379I

## Narrative

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

8-12-13: PILOT DEPARTED 4A9 AND WAS ENROUTE TO KCUB. ABOUT 40 MILES OUT HE NOTICED THAT THE CIRCUIT BREAKER WAS POPPED FOR THE LANDING GEAR. PILOT ARRIVED AT CUB AT APPROXIMATELY 1525 AND CIRCLED THE AIRPORT AND ATTEMPTED TO EXTEND THE GEAR MANUALLY AND WAS UNSUCCESSFUL. AT 1645 PILOT MADE THE DECISION TO LAND WITH GEAR UP ON RUNWAY 31. EMERGENCY PERSONNEL WERE PRESENT; AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST WITH ONLY MINOR DAMAGE. AIRCRAFT WAS LIFTED AND GEAR EXTENDED.

## Other reports on N7223P (1)

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

- [Incident 20090822048589I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090822048589I), Aug 22, 2009: Piper PA-24-250 (N7223P), Tuscaloosa, AL, Minor damage. On August 22, 2009 a Piper PA-24-250 aircraft N7223P, in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Departed Tuscaloosa Regional Airport to perform a 20 minute check flight for…

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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