# Incident 20161016021969I: Piper PA-24-250, Lake City, FL, October 16, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 16, 2016, 11:37 local time
- Place: Lake City, FL
- Airport: Lake City Gateway Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.1821° N, 82.5769° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LAKE CITY GATEWAY (LCQ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.1821&lon=-82.5769&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7225P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7225P) (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: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,000 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20161016021969I

## Narrative

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

ON OCT 16, 2016 PILOT DEPARTED ST AUGUSTINE AIRPORT (SGJ) IN ROUTE TO NEW ORLEANS LAKEFRONT AIRPORT (NEW).  WITHIN A FEW MINUTES AFTER TAKEOFF THE ENGINE BEGAN TO RUN ROUGH. PILOT REPORTED HIS CONDITION TO TALLAHASSEE CENTER AND WAS DIRECTED TO LAND AT LAKE CITY GATEWAY AIRPORT (LCQ).  UPON LOWERING THE LANDING GEAR HE FAILED TO GET A DOWN AND LOCKED GREEN LIGHT.  THE TOWER VERIFIED THE GEAR APPEARED DOWN. ON LAND AFTER A BRIEF ROLLOUT THE LANDING GEAR RETRACTED.  PROP CHANGED, ENGINE SUDDENT STOP INSPECTION AND MINOR BELLY DAMAGE REPAIRED

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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