# Incident 20171017020079I: Piper PA-32R-300, Omaha, NE, October 17, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 17, 2017, 19:20 local time
- Place: Omaha, NE
- Airport: Millard
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.1960° N, 96.1123° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MILLARD (MLE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.1960&lon=-96.1123&mi=10
- Aircraft: N62LP, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N62LP) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32R-300 (registry code 7103213, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32r-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540-K1G5D (registry code 41598, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-k1g5d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-32R-300
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 22,274 total, 1,005 in this make and model, 110 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20171017020079I

## Narrative

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

- ON OCTOBER 17, 2017 AT 1807 CDT, THE PILOT OF AIRCRAFT N62LP DEPARTED KMLE FOR KAHQ. NO PASSENGERS WERE ON BOARD.

- THE PURPOSE OF THE FLIGHT WAS LANDING CURRENCY.

- TWO SUCCESSFUL FULL STOP LANDINGS WERE MADE INTO KAHQ.

- WHEN THE PILOT PLACED THE GEAR SELECT HANDLE IN THE DOWN POSITION FOR THE THIRD LANDING, THE LANDING GEAR SYSTEM INDICATED THAT THE GEAR DID NOT EXTEND.

- THE PILOT PERFORMED THE EMERGECY CHECKLIST PROCEDURES FOR EXTENDING THE LANDING GEAR, BUT THE POSITION INDICATION REMAINED THE SAME.

- WHILE ENROUTE BACK TO KMLE, ANOTHER ATTEMPT TO EXTEND THE GEAR USING THE EMERGENCY CHECKLIST WAS UNSUCCESSFUL.

- THE PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY.

- A LOW PASS WAS MADE AT KMLE WHERE GROUND PERSONNEL CONFIRMED TO THE PILOT THAT THE LANDING GEAR WAS IN THE FULL UP POSITION.

- THE PILOT REQUESTED FIRE AND RESCUE TO BE ON THE FIELD.

- MORE UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPTS TO EXTEND THE GEAR USING THE EMERGENCY LEVER WERE MADE WHILE WAITING FOR FIRE AND RESCUE TO ARRIVE.

- AT 1920 CDT, THE PILOT LANDED N62LP ON RUNWAY 12 AT KMLE WITH THE LANDING GEAR IN THE UP POSITION.

- THE AIRCRAFT SLID ON ITS BELLY AND CAME TO A STOP IN THE FIRST THIRD OF THE RUNWAY.

- THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE.

## Other reports on N62LP (1)

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

- [Accident 20240612007599A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240612007599A), Jun 12, 2024: Piper PA-32R-300 (N62LP), Selma, AL, Substantial damage. Pilot was condicting a crosswind landing at Selma airport (sem) when the aircraft landed hard onto the runway with a drift componant. Moments later, as the…

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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