# Incident 20170922019639I: Piper PA-28R-201, Romeoville, IL, September 22, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 22, 2017, 14:30 local time
- Place: Romeoville, IL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: XABS
- Location: 41.6278° N, 88.1012° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Romeoville, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6278&lon=-88.1012&mi=10
- Aircraft: N53580, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N53580) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-201 (registry code 7102816, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-201) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 SER A&C (registry code 41511, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-ser-a-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28R-201
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER A&C
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 999 total, 112 in this make and model, 126 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170922019639I

## Narrative

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

^MR. PACELLA,^ A COMMERCIAL STUDENT, OBSERVED THAT THE LANDING GEAR CIRCUIT BREAKER WAS POPPED ON THE DOWNWIND LEG FOR RUNWAY 20 AT LEWIS UNIVERSITY AIRPORT, ROMEOVILLE, ILLINOIS (KLOT). HE ASSUMED HIS INSTRUCTOR PULLED IT FOR TRAINING PURPOSES AND PERFORMED THE MANUAL GEAR EXTENSION PROCEDURES WITHOUT COMMUNICATING THE INFORMATION TO HIS INSTRUCTOR.  THE INSTRUCTOR HEARD THE GEAR FALL INTO PLACE AND VERIFIED THEY HAD THREE GREEN LIGHTS AND NO GEAR WARNING HORN AUDIBLE.  THEY CONTINUED FOR LANDING WITHOUT INCIDENT.

AFTER LANDING ON RUNWAY 20 AT KLOT N53580 CLEARED THE HOLD SHORT LINE AND CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP ON TAXIWAY KILO.  ON KILO THE PILOTS ATTEMPTED TO TROUBLE SHOOT THE LANDING GEAR PROBLEM.  THE INSTRUCTOR RECYCLED THE MANUAL GEAR EXTENSION HANDLE AND THE LANDING GEAR PUMP CIRCUIT BREAKER. THE MAIN GEAR LIGHTS EXTINGUISHED AND THE LANDING GEAR WARNING HORN WAS AUDIBLE.  THE INSTRUCTOR THEN RETURNED THE MANUAL GEAR EXTENSION LEVER TO THE ACTIVATED POSITION, THE AIRCRAFT MOVED SLOWLY FORWARD AND UPON MOVEMENT THE AIRCRAFT'S LEFT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED.

## Other reports on N53580 (1)

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

- [Incident 20060411009219I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060411009219I), Apr 11, 2006: Piper PA28R201 (N53580), Carbondale-Murp, IL, Minor damage. (-23) After takeoff from runway 18L at mdh, the landing gear was retracted and the pilot heard a loud bang. The tower confirmed that the main gear had…

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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