# Accident 20170409006229A: Piper PA-28R-201, Pontiac, MI, April 9, 2017

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 9, 2017, 15:14 local time
- Place: Pontiac, MI
- Airport: Oakland County International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.6656° N, 83.4206° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.6656&lon=-83.4206&mi=10
- Aircraft: N36458, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N36458-2019-01-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-201 (registry code 7102816, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-201) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28R-201
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 400 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN17LA150](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN17LA150) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170409006229A

## Narrative

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

PILOT WAS PRACTICING TOUCH AND GO PROCEDURES, ON THE THIRD ATTEMPTED LANDING RIGHT MAIN AND NOSE LANDING GEAR COLLASPED.

INVESTIGATION FOUND LANDING GEAR CONTROL CIRCUIT BREAKER TRIPPED CAUSING ALL LANDING GEAR TO STOP IN TRANSITION AND ALL LANDING GEAR INDICATION LAMPS AND WARNINGS TO BECOME INOPERATIVE.

FOUND UNUSED INSTRUMENT LAMP SOCKET TOUCHING EXPOSED LANDING GEAR SELECTOR SWITCH CONNECTIONS BEHIND RECENTLY INSTALLED INSTRUMENT PANEL CAUSING A SHORT CIRCUIT TO GROUND AND OVERLOADING LANDING GEAR CONTROL CIRCUIT BREAKER.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CEN17LA150](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN17LA150), Apr 9, 2017: Piper PA 28R-201 (N36458), Pontiac, MI, substantial damage. Probable cause: Maintenance personnel’s improper securing of an unused instrument lamp socket during recent maintenance, which resulted in an electrical short of the landing gear controls and stopped the landing…

## Other reports on N36458 (2)

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

- [Incident 20161205022279I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20161205022279I), Dec 5, 2016: Piper PA-28R-201 (N36458), Pontiac, MI, Minor damage. On 5 December 2016 a CFI and student were conducting a training flight. On a practice simulated emergency landing approach, they extended the landing gear, the…
- [Incident 19971110043459I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971110043459I), Nov 10, 1997: Piper PA28R201 (N36458), Burbank, CA, Minor damage. Narrative: private pilot watson was performing an IFR proficiency flight in N36458, a Piper pa 28-R201, on 11-10-97. At 1830 pilot felt "slight thump" in…

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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