# Accident 20180207002089A: Piper PA-24-260, Fargo, ND, February 7, 2018 - Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: February 7, 2018, 17:29 local time - Place: Fargo, ND - Damage: Substantial damage - Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - Location: 46.9206° N, 96.8158° W: From the FAA - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.9206&lon=-96.8158&mi=10 - Aircraft: N9360P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9360P-2023-08-14) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry model: Piper PA-24-260 (registry code 7102406, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-260) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: PIPER PA-24-260 - Reported engine: LYCOMING TI0-540 SER - People aboard: 2 - Fatal injuries: 0 - Other injuries: 0 - Pilot certificates: Private pilot - Pilot flight hours: 113 total, 5 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days - NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN18LA097](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN18LA097) (OpenAirDocs) - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180207002089A ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. FEB, 7, 2018 AIRCRAFT WAS INVOLVED WITH A GEAR COLLAPSE AFTER LANDING AT FARGO HECTOR AIRPORT APPROXIMATELY 1744 ON RUNWAY 18. AIRCRAFT HAD VEERED OFF THE RUNWAY TO THE LEFT AND STRUCK A RUNWAY INTERSECTION SIGN. INITIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT WAS CENTER OF RIGHT WING LEADING EDGE SKIN COMPRESSED AND TORN BACK TO SPAR, NO SIGNS OF SPAR DAMAGE. NOSE GEAR ACTUATOR ROD WAS FOUND BROKEN - APPEARS AS A RESULT OF AIRCRAFT GOING OFF IN THE SNOW. INTERVIEW WITH THE PILOT ON FEB. 8, 2018: HAD LEFT VIC'S AIRCRAFT AFTER PRE-FLIGHT PERFORMED IN THE AIRCRAFT IN THE HANGER, TAXIED TO FARGO JET CENTER (FJC) TO MEET OTHER PARTY MEMBERS IN A ADDITIONAL AIRCRAFT. WHEN LEAVING FJC AIRCRAFT WOULD NOT START, AFTER ABOUT 30MIN GROUND PERSONNEL WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE A GPU START. PILOT RAN AIRCRAFT FOR ABOUT 10 MINS TO CHARGE BATTERY AND VERIFIED BY CHECKING AMMETER. CHARGING WAS ABOUT 14 AMPS. TAXIED OUT TO RUN WAY AND PERFORMED RUN UP HOWEVER DID NOT VERIFY AMMETER. AFTER DEPARTURE NOTICED HE DID NOT RECEIVE RADIO CALL FROM TOWER AND SAW THE ALL THE RADIOS WERE BLACK. PILOT ENTERED BACK IN TO PATTERN FOR FAR AND CHANGE TRANSPONDER SETTING FOR NO COMMUNICATION AND ROCKED WINGS. FARGO GAVE HIM A GREEN LIGHT, AIR CARRIER TRAFFIC WAS IN THE PATTERN AS WELL AND INITIATED A GO AROUND, SO HE PREPARED TO LAND ON RUNWAY 18. SELECTED GEAR DOWN BY NORMAL PROCEDURES AND THEN DUE TO ELECTRICAL FAILURE INITIATED EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSION. PILOT WAS UNABLE TO REMOVE COVER PLATE TO EMERGENCY GEAR HANDLE SO HE JUST BENT IT BACK, THEN PLACED ROD INTO RIGHT HOLE ON TORQUE TUBE AND MOVED IT FORWARD AND ROCKED BACK AND FORTH, CHECKED MIRRORS ON WING TIPS AND GEAR APPEARED TO BE DOWN. ON TOUCH DOWN GEAR DID COLLAPSED AND THE AIRCRAFT SLIDE OFF THE RUNWAY. PILOT WAS NOT ABLE TO SEE THE EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSION INSTRUCTION ON THE COVER PLATE SINCE HE COULD NOT GET IT REMOVED AND FAILED TO USE EMERGENCY PROCEDURES IN THE AFM OR ABBREVIATED CHECK LIST AND FAILED TO PROPERLY EXTEND THE GEAR. ## 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 CEN18LA097](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN18LA097), Feb 8, 2018: Piper PA 24-260 (N9360P), Fargo, ND, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to use the published emergency procedures to manually extend the landing gear when an electrical failure precluded normal extension of the landing gear, resulting in the gear… ## Other reports on N9360P (3) Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date. - [Incident 20091210023759I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20091210023759I), Dec 10, 2009: Piper PA24260 (N9360P), Casper, WY, Minor damage. Prior to landing pilot reported to cpr tower that both normal and manual landing gear extension systems were inoperative. Pilot asked tower for visual… - [Incident 20091209025749I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20091209025749I), Dec 9, 2009: Piper PA-24-260 (N9360P), Casper, WY, Minor damage. Prior to landing pilot reported to cpr tower that both normal and manual landing gear extension systems were inoperative. Pilot asked tower for visual… - [Incident 19910424017969I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910424017969I), Apr 24, 1991: Piper PA24260 (N9360P), Scottsbluff, NE, Minor damage. Landing gear collapsed on landing rollout. Found the rivets for the retraction tranmission assembly had sheared. 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.