# Incident 20150906015669I: Piper PA-28RT-201, Chesterfield, MO, September 6, 2015

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 6, 2015, 10:50 local time
- Place: Chesterfield, MO
- Airport: Spirit Of St Louis
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.6621° N, 90.6520° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SPIRIT OF ST LOUIS (SUS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.6621&lon=-90.6520&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2242N, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2242N) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28RT-201 (registry code 7102818, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28rt-201) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28RT-201
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 148 total, 25 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150906015669I

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT CONDUCTED A VFR FLIGHT FROM SPIRIT OF ST. LOUIS AIRPORT (SUS) TO WASHINGTON REGIONAL AIRPORT (FYG) FOR PRACTICE LANDINGS. AFTER A TAKEOFF FROM FYG, HE RETRACTED THE LANDING GEAR. THE THREE INDICATOR LIGHTS WENT OFF, BUT THE "GEAR UNSAFE" WARNING LIGHT REMAINED ILLUMINATED. HE RETURNED TO SUS SINCE HE HAD A WARNING LIGHT ON. WHEN HE PUT THE GEAR DOWN AT SUS, HE COULD ONLY GET 2 INDICATOR LIGHTS TO ILLUMINATE. THE RIGHT GEAR LIGHT WOULD NOT COME ON. HE FLEW BY THE TOWER AND THEY TOLD HIM THE RIGHT GEAR APPEARED TO BE DOWN. HE THEN ATTEMPTED SEVERAL MORE GEAR CYCLES WITH NO SUCCESS, SO HE PERFORMED AN EMERGENCY EXTENSION. SPIRIT TOWER ALLOWED HIM TO FLY BY THE TOWER AGAIN TO GET A SECOND LOOK AT IT. AGAIN, THE TOWER INDICATED THAT THE GEAR APPEARED TO BE DOWN. HAVING GONE THROUGH THE TROUBLE SHOOTING AND TWO VISUAL CHECKS BY THE TOWER, HE DECIDED TO LAND. UPON LANDING THE RIGHT GEAR COLLAPSED.

## Other reports on N2242N (1)

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

- [Accident 20230923017079A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230923017079A), Sep 23, 2023: Piper PA-28RT-201 (N2242N), Chesterfield, MO, Substantial damage. On September 23, 2023, at 1540 UTC, a Piper arrow P28R landed on rwy 26R, at Spirit of st. Louis airport (ksus), MO. The aircraft touched down on the left main…

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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