# Accident 20171203022609A: Piper PA-31-310, Jeffersonville, IN, December 3, 2017

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 3, 2017, 19:00 local time
- Place: Jeffersonville, IN
- Airport: Clark Regional
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.3656° N, 85.7381° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.3656&lon=-85.7381&mi=10
- Aircraft: N722CF, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N722CF-2018-05-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31-310 (registry code 7103102, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31-310) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-541 series (registry code 41536, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-541-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-31-310
- Reported engine: LYCOMING TI0-541 SER
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 22,516 total, 10,481 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN18LA048](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN18LA048) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20171203022609A

## Narrative

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

ON DECEMBER 3, 2017, AT APPROXIMATELY 19:00 EASTERN TIME (2300Z), A PIPER PA-31, N722CF, LANDED WITH THE LANDING GEAR RETRACTED ON RUNWAY 18 AT THE CLARK REGIONAL AIRPORT (KJVY), JEFFERSONVILLE, INDIANA.  IT WAS DETERMINED THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE LOWER FUSELAGE SKINS, LONGERONS AND FORMER FLANGES. THE PILOT AND TWO PASSENGERS WERE NOT INJURED IN THE ACCIDENT.  THE AIRCRAFT IS REGISTERED TO LUFTLADDER INC. AND WAS BEING OPERATED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS (CFR) PART 91 ON A  FLIGHT  IN VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS (VMC) FROM WELLSVILLE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (KELZ), WELLSVILLE, NEW YORK TO KJVY AS A PERSONAL FLIGHT.

THE PILOT STATED WHEN HE WAS ABOUT FOUR TO FIVE MILES FROM THE AIRPORT HE LOWERED THE LANDING GEAR.  THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR LIGHT HESITATED INITIALLY AFTER THE GEAR WAS EXTENDED.  THE RIGHT GREEN GEAR LIGHT DID COME ON STEADY AFTER THE HESITATION.  THE PILOT CONTINUED HIS APPROACH TO LAND.  IN THE LANDING FLARE HE NOTICED THE RIGHT MAIN GREEN LIGHT HAD GONE OUT.  THE PILOT INITIATED A GO AROUND WHILE THE AIRCRAFT WAS IN THE FLAIR.  HE APPLIED POWER, SELECTED GEAR UP, AND SELECTED FLAPS TO 12 DEGREES (FULL FLAP POSITION IS AT 25 DEGREES).  AIRCRAFT SETTLED ON THE RUNWAY AS THE GEAR WAS RETRACTING.  AS SOON AS HE HEARD THE SOUND OF THE PROPS HITTING THE RUNWAY HE ABORTED THE GO AROUND.

THE AIRCRAFT WAS PLACED ON JACKS AND AN OPERATIONAL CHECK OF THE LANDING GEAR SYSTEM WAS PERFORMED BY THE MAINTENANCE FACILITY AND WITNESSED BY THE INVESTIGATING FAA INSPECTORS.  THE GEAR OPERATED NORMALLY WITH SEVERAL RETRACT CYCLES.  THE LANDING GEAR   WARNING AND LIGHT INDICATION SYSTEMS WORKED NORMALLY WITH EACH CYCLE.  THE HESITATION OF THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR LIGHT AND THE FAULTY RIGHT GEAR LIGHT INDICATION EXPERIENCED BY THE PILOT COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED.

## 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 CEN18LA048](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN18LA048), Dec 4, 2017: Piper PA 31-310 (N722CF), Jeffersonville, IN, substantial damage. Probable cause: The right main landing gear’s failure to fully extend for reasons that could not be determined because postaccident testing revealed no mechanical anomalies that would have precluded normal operation.

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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