# Incident 20160919015749I: Piper PA-46-310P, Prescott, AZ, September 19, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 19, 2016, 13:54 local time
- Place: Prescott, AZ
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.5400° N, 112.4685° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Prescott, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.5400&lon=-112.4685&mi=10
- Aircraft: N904TM, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N904TM) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-46-310P (registry code 7104605, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-46-310p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-46-310P
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160919015749I

## Narrative

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

ON APPROACH TO LANDING THE PILOT EXTENDED THE LANDING GEAR BUT DID NOT GET THREE GREEN GEAR INDICATOR LIGHTS. PILOT REQUESTED FLY-BY OF THE TOWER TO OBSERVE WHETHER THE RIGHT HAND GEAR WAS EXTENDED. TOWER WAS ABLE TO CONFIRM THE GEAR APPEARED TO BE EXTENDED. AIRCRAFT LANDED ON RUNWAY 21L AND WAS ABLE TO TAXI TO PARKING WITH NO FURTHER ISSUES.

MAINTENANCE LOOKED AT AIRCRAFT AND DETERMINED INDICATOR LIGHTS IN COCKPIT WERE NOT GETTING DOWN AND LOCKED INDICATION FROM LANDING GEAR.

MAINTENANCE PERFORMED TROUBLESHOOTING ON LANDING GEAR SYSTEM AND FOUND RH MLG ACTUATOR WAS FAULTY. THE ACTUATOR WAS REPLACED WITH AN OVERHAULED UNIT, FAULTY  WIRING IN PILOT CONTROL WHEEL HARNESS REPLACED, AND OPERATIONAL CHECK OF CONTROL YOKE & LANDING GEAR INDICATION SYSTEM CHECKED. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE AND HAS ENCOUNTERED NO ADDITIONAL LANDING GEAR INDICATION ISSUES.

## Other reports on N904TM (1)

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

- [Incident 20260427004809I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20260427004809I), Apr 27, 2026: Piper PA-46-310P (N904TM), Prescott, AZ, Minor damage. On April 27, 2026, [privacy data omitted] [privacy data omitted] departed austin executive airport (kedc) en route to Prescott regional airport (kprc). Shortly…

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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