# Incident 20170524015149I: Piper PA-32R-301, Sugar Grove, IL, May 24, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 24, 2017, 16:25 local time
- Place: Sugar Grove, IL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.7774° N, 88.4465° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sugar Grove, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.7774&lon=-88.4465&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8024D, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8024D) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32R-301 (registry code 7103218, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32r-301) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-32R-301
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,574 total, 320 in this make and model, 106 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170524015149I

## Narrative

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

ON MAY 24, 2017, APPROXIMATELY 16:25 CST, N8024D WAS ON APPROACH TO KARR (AURORA) FROM IS65 (WOODLAKE) AIRPORT.  2 MILES OUT THE SOLE PILOT ONBOARD TRIED TO EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR.  THE L/H MAIN GEAR WOULD NOT EXTEND.  THE PILOT DID A LOW APPROACH BY THE TOWER TO CONFIRM IF IT WAS DOWN OR AN INDICATION ISSUE.  THE TOWER CONFIRMED THAT THE GEAR WAS NOT EXTENDED.  THE PILOT AT THAT TIME TRIED TO GET THE GEAR DOWN BY FOLLOWING THE EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSION PROCEDURE AND JOSTLING THE AIRCRAFT. THE GEAR WOULD NOT DEPLOY.  THE PILOT LANDED THE AIRCRAFT WITH THE L/H MAIN GEAR UP AND THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE.

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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