# Incident 20140129000489I: Piper PA-24-260, Amarillo, TX, January 29, 2014

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 29, 2014, 14:05 local time
- Place: Amarillo, TX
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.2220° N, 101.8313° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Amarillo, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.2220&lon=-101.8313&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9370P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9370P-2018-06-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-260 (registry code 7102406, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-260) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-24-260
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-540 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 5,099 total, 8 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/20140129000489I

## Narrative

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

ON JANUARY 29, 2014, AT 1405L, A PIPER PA-24-260 AIRCRAFT BEARING REGISTRATION NUMBER N9370P, REGISTERED TO PANHANDLE GROUND WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT EXPERIENCED LANDING GEAR PROBLEMS,THE AIRCRAFT LANDING GEAR FAILED TO EXTEND WHILE ON APPROACH TO RIVER FALLS AIRPORT (81XA) SOUTH OF AMARILLO, TEXAS.  THE PILOT ELECTED TO FLY TO RICK HUSBAND INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT  (KAMA) FOR AN EMERGENCY LANDING.  EMERGENCY PROCEDURES TO EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR WERE UNSUCCESSFUL.  THE AIRCRAFT LANDED AT (KAMA) WITH ALL THE LANDING GEAR RETRACTED.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED ON A PART 91 FLIGHT.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE. THE PILOT AND THE PASSENGER WERE UNINJURED.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM PERRY LEFORS FIELD (PPA) IN PAMPA TEXAS ON JANUARY 29, 2014.

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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