# Incident 20171227023829I: Piper PA-28R-180, Greenville, SC, December 27, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 27, 2017, 15:50 local time
- Place: Greenville, SC
- Airport: Greenville Downtown
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.8479° N, 82.3500° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GREENVILLE DOWNTOWN (GMU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.8479&lon=-82.3500&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3888T, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3888T) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-180 (registry code 7102809, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28R-180
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 221 total, 173 in this make and model, 23 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20171227023829I

## Narrative

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

DURING LANDING AT GREENVILLE DOWNTOWN (GMU) THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR FAILED TO FULLY EXTEND. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITH THE LEFT MAIN AND NOSE PROPERLY EXTENDED IN THE GRASS ADJACENT TO RUNWAY 28.

## Other reports on N3888T (1)

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

- [Incident 19870315035609I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870315035609I), Mar 15, 1987: Piper PA28R180 (N3888T), Greenville, SC, Minor damage. Go around made after propeller struck runway. Recycled gear and landed. Damage indicates late gear extension.

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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