# Incident 20180616008009I: Piper PA-28R-200, Coatesville, PA, June 16, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 16, 2018, 10:30 local time
- Place: Coatesville, PA
- Airport: Chester County Go Carlson
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.9790° N, 75.8655° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CHESTER COUNTY G O CARLSON (MQS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.9790&lon=-75.8655&mi=10
- Aircraft: N16566, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N16566) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-200 (registry code 7102811, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28R-200
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180616008009I

## Narrative

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

FLIGHT DEPARTED MQS FOR FLIGHT INSTRUCTION, AT APPROXIMATELY 0900 EST. 2 PILOTS WERE ON BOARD, NO PASSENGERS. THE FLIGHT BEGAN UNEVENTFULLY. THE CREW PRACTICED SLOW FLIGHT AND APPROACH STALL MANEUVERS, THE LANDING GEAR WAS EXTENDED AND RETRACTED IN FLIGHT WITH NO ABNORMALITIES NOTED. UPON RETURNING TO MQS, JUST PRIOR TO ENTERING THE DOWN WIND LEG, THE GEAR WAS EXTENDED, IN TRANSIT LIGHT ILLUMINATED, BOTH MLG DOWN AND LOCKED LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. NLG DOWN AND LOCKED LIGHT WOULD NOT ILLUMINATE. CREW ATTEMPTED ANOTHER GEAR SWING, WITH THE SAME RESULTS. CREW EXITED THE PATTERN, SWAPPED INDICATOR BULBS TO TROUBLESHOOT THE PROBLEM, INDICATION STILL SHOWED NOSE GEAR IN TRANSIT. AFTER SEVERAL MORE ATTEMPTS TO EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR WITH YAW MANEUVERS, AN OBSERVER WAS USED DURING A LOW PASS TO OBSERVE THE GEAR. THE MAINS WERE RETRACTED, HOWEVER THE NOSE GEAR WAS ONLY PATIALLY RETRACTED. THE CREW ATTEMPTED STEEP TURNS TO EXTEND THE GEAR, WITHOUT SUCCESS. FINALLY THE DECISION WAS MADE TO LAND WITH NOSE GEAR NOT DOWN AND LOCKED. AIRCRAFT LANDED WITH MINOR DAMAGE TO CHIN COWL, DAMAGE TO ALL THREE PROPELLER BLADES, AND ENGINE SUDDEN STOPPAGE. CREW SUFFERED NO INJURIES.

## Other reports on N16566 (2)

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

- [Incident 20200702021449I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200702021449I), Jul 2, 2020: Piper PA-28R-200 (N16566), Troy, MI, Minor damage. On July 2, 2020, about 1635 eastern daylight time, a Piper P-28R-200 arrow, N61566, sustained minor damage when it was involved in a gear up landing in Troy,…
- [Accident 19740414009619A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740414009619A), Apr 14, 1974: Piper PA28R200 (N16566), Crane, MO, Substantial damage. Lndg dnwnd,waited too long bfr initiating go-around.

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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