# Accident 20140906016359A: Piper PA-24-250, Mesa, AZ, September 6, 2014

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 6, 2014, 12:25 local time
- Place: Mesa, AZ
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.4608° N, 111.7286° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4608&lon=-111.7286&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5966P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5966P) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 13,201 total, 1,223 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR14LA368](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR14LA368) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140906016359A

## Narrative

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

UPON FINAL APPROACH TO RUNWAY 22R, ALL SYSTEMS WERE NORMAL AND THE PILOT HAD A GREEN GEAR DOWN INDICATION. AT APPROX 30 FEET BEFORE TOUCH DOWN, THE PILOT FELT A VIBRATION AND THE GREEN GEAR DOWN INDICATOR LIGHT WENT OUT. THE PILOT PERFORMED A GO AROUND. THE PILOT RETRACTED THE GEAR AND THEN EXTENDED AND THE GREEN GEAR INDICATOR AGAIN INDICATED LANDING GEAR DOWN AND LOCKED. A FLY BY WAS PERFORMED AND AIR TRAFFIC VERIFIED THE GEAR WAS DOWN AND APPEARED TO BE IN THE FULL DOWN AND LOCKED POSITION. THE PILOT LANDED THE AIRCRAFT AND THE INITIAL TOUCH DOWN WAS WITHOUT INCIDENT. THE AIRCRAFT ROLLED OUT APPROX. 200 FEET TO THE END OF THE RUNWAY AND AT THAT POINT THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR FOLDED.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB WPR14LA368](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR14LA368), Sep 6, 2014: Piper PA 24-250 (N5966P), Mesa, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: The failure of the right main landing gear (MLG) transmission mounting bracket coupled with the differential rigging of the two landing gear cables, which prevented the right MLG from moving to the…

## Other reports on N5966P (1)

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

- [Incident 20010510017359I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010510017359I), May 10, 2001: Piper PA24250 (N5966P), Yuma, AZ, Minor damage. (-23) On a VFR flight from mesa falcon field to Yuma, AZ. Airport, I called Yuma approach control prox 10 miles east and was advised "no radar service." I was…

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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