# Incident 20150311003099I: Piper PA-32R-300, Waverly, OH, March 11, 2015

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 11, 2015, 15:15 local time
- Place: Waverly, OH
- Airport: Pike County Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.1670° N, 82.9283° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PIKE COUNTY (EOP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.1670&lon=-82.9283&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5510V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5510V) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32R-300 (registry code 7103213, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32r-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-32R-300
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-540-K1G5D
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,181 total, 797 in this make and model, 178 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150311003099I

## Narrative

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

ON THE MORNING OF 03/11/2015 AT PIKE COUNTY (EOP) AIRPORT, WAVERLY, OHIO.  N5501V LANDED WITH THE LANDING GEAR RETRACTED.  THE PILOT SAID THAT THE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED UPON LANDING. .  THE PILOTS EXPLANATION WAS THAT THE LEFT MAIN HAD COLLAPSED FOLLOWED BY THE RIGHT MAIN AND THEN THE NOSE GEAR.  UPON INSPECTION THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE BOTTOM OF EITHER WING OR ANY DAMAGE TO THE TRAILING EDGE OF THE FLAPS WHICH THE PILOT SAID WERE ALSO EXTENDED.  THE FLAP HINGE ON THE BOTTOM OF THE LEFT WING WAS GROUND DOWN BUT THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT FLAP HINGE SINCE THE STEP ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE FUSELAGE KEPT THE FLAP HINGES FROM DAMAGE.  IN ADDITION, THE AIRPLANE HAS AN AUTOMATIC GEAR EXTENSION SYSTEM WHICH WAS DE-ACTIVATED IN THE COCKPIT.

THERE WERE TWO DIFFERENT AREAS OF PROP STRIKES ON THE RUNWAY.  THE FIRST ABOUT HALFWAY DOWN THE RUNWAY WITHOUT ANY RUBBER MARKS.   THE PROP STRIKES WERE THEN CLOSER TOGETHER INDICATING POWER WAS APPLIED.  400 FEET FURTHER DOWN THE RUNWAY WERE MORE PROP STRIKES BUT TO THE LEFT OF THE STRIKES WERE RUBBER MARKS. THE AIRPLANE CAME TO REST 150 FEET FROM THE OPPOSITE END OF THE 4900 FT. RUNWAY 21-3.

REVIEWED BY MJM 04/10/2015

## Other reports on N5510V (1)

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

- [Incident 20151014017309I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20151014017309I), Oct 14, 2015: Piper PA-32R-300 (N5510V), Cleveland, OH, Minor damage. Pilot declared an emergency inbound on runway 24L with a possible nose gear failure. Pilot stated he had indications that both main gear were down and locked…

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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