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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-24-250 · Yuma, AZ · March 23, 2014

Date
March 23, 2014 · 10:00 local
Place
Yuma, AZ
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N5392P
Reported as
Piper PA-24-250
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-540 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
170 total110 in this make and model20 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilot stated that he was on a straigt in approach to runway 17 at knyl. Pilot stated that he "always does 'gumps' checks three times and thought he knew the gear handle was down" pilot stated that he was unsure though if he saw the green indicator that the landing gear was actually down. Pilot did not recognize that the gear was not down until touchdown on the runway.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT STATED THAT HE WAS ON A STRAIGT IN APPROACH TO RUNWAY 17 AT KNYL. PILOT STATED THAT HE "ALWAYS DOES 'GUMPS' CHECKS THREE TIMES AND THOUGHT HE KNEW THE GEAR HANDLE WAS DOWN" PILOT STATED THAT HE WAS UNSURE THOUGH IF HE SAW THE GREEN INDICATOR THAT THE LANDING GEAR WAS ACTUALLY DOWN. PILOT DID NOT RECOGNIZE THAT THE GEAR WAS NOT DOWN UNTIL TOUCHDOWN ON THE RUNWAY.