# Incident 20150206000919I: Piper PA-24-250, Rapid City, SD, February 6, 2015 - Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: February 6, 2015, 19:11 local time - Place: Rapid City, SD - Airport: Rapid City Regional - Damage: Minor damage - Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - Location: 44.0453° N, 103.0574° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at RAPID CITY RGNL (RAP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.0453&lon=-103.0574&mi=10 - Aircraft: N6086P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6086P-2018-04-10) (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-A1D5 - People aboard: 2 - Fatal injuries: 0 - Other injuries: 0 - Pilot certificates: Airline transport, commercial pilot, flight instructor - Pilot flight hours: 3,450 total, 1 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/20150206000919I ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. ON 02/06/2015 A PA-24-250 (N6086P) DEPARTED CPR ENROUTE TO ARV. THE PILOT ADVISED EXPERIENCING ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS AND DIVERTED INTO RAP. AT 0211Z THE AIRCRAFT LANDED GEAR UP WITH MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. NO INJURIES TO PILOT OR HIS PASSENGER. THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION WAS PROVIDED BY THE PIC AFTER THE INCIDENT: "AT 15NM OUT THE PIC ASKED THE NON-FLYING PILOT (NFP) TO FOLLOW THE CHECKLIST FOR EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSION. THE NFP FOLLOWED THE CHECKLIST THE PIC SLOWED TO 100MPH TO BEGIN MANUAL GEAR EXTENSION PROCEDURE. THE PIC STATED THE AIRCRAFT DID APPEAR AND FEEL AS THOUGH THE GEAR CAME DOWN BUT WITH NO ELECTRICAL OR VISUAL CONTACT OF THE GEAR HE HAD NO WAY OF KNOWING IF IT WAS COMPLETELY DOWN AND LOCKED. THE LANDING LEVER ON FLOOR WAS FORWARD AS IT SHOULD BE IF GEAR IS DOWN. THE PIC TOOK THE PRECAUTION THE LANDING GEAR MAY NOT HOLD. ON FINAL HE SLOWED TO 80 MPH WITH FULL FLAP AND UNLATCHED HIS DOOR. WHEN THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN THE PIC THOUGHT THEY LANDED WITH GEAR DOWN, BUT IN AN INSTANT THE GEAR COLLAPSED. THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION WAS PROVIDED IN A STATEMENT FROM THE NFP: " AS WE ENTERED CHARLIE AIRSPACE WE BOTH REMAINED HEADS-UP AND ALERT FOR POTENTIAL TRAFFIC. AS WE PROCEEDED ON DOWNWIND, UNEXPECTEDLY THE PANEL BEGAN SHOWING SOME ILLUMINATION. GEAR LIGHTS WERE NOT VISIBLE. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ATTEMPTED TO CYCLE ELECTRICAL LANDING GEAR SYSTEM. THE WORM GEAR ROTATED AND APPEARED TO FALL OUT OF REAR OF THE TRANSMISSION. THE GEAR HANDLE MOVED FORWARD INTO POSITION FOR GEAR DOWN BUT FELT NO INDICATION IT WAS OVER-CENTERED OR OTHERWISE LOCKED DOWN. TOUCH DOWN WAS CONSISTENT WITH GEAR BEING DOWN BUT GEAR QUICKLY COLLAPSED. WE STOPPED AFTER A SHORT SKID AND EVACUATED THE AIRCRAFT" . FURTHER REVIEW OF THE PROCEDURES FOR EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSION FOUND THE ELECTRICAL LANDING GEAR MOTOR IS NOT TO BE RE-ENGAGED IN FLIGHT PER THE AFM AND IS CLEARLY PLACARDED ON THE LANDING GEAR MOTOR RELEASE COVER "DO NOT RE-ENGAGE MOTOR IN FLIGHT". IT APPEARS THE FAILURE TO FOLLOW PROCEDURES MAY HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE COLLAPSE OF THE LANDING GEAR ON TOUCH DOWN. FURTHER INVESTIGATION HAS BEEN ASSIGNED TO AN OPERATIONS INSPECTOR. ## Other reports on N6086P (2) Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date. - [Incident 20120720021659I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120720021659I), Jul 20, 2012: Piper PA-24-250 (N6086P), Fredonia, AZ, Minor damage. On 07/20/2012 at approximately 1030 hours, the pilot of N6086P, a Piper PA-24 airplane, reported to the coconino county sheriif's office that he had made an… - [Incident 20090314007389I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090314007389I), Mar 14, 2009: Piper PA24250 (N6086P), Miami, FL, Minor damage. [privacy data omitted] Landed the PA-24 aircraft N6086P without ensuring the gear was down and locked. Causing minor damge to the underside of the aircraft.… 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.