# Incident 20181029024449I: Piper PA-31, Searcy, AR, October 29, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 29, 2018, 14:45 local time
- Place: Searcy, AR
- Airport: Searcy
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.2411° N, 91.7352° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Searcy, AR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.2411&lon=-91.7352&mi=10
- Aircraft: N54WB, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N54WB-2020-09-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31 (registry code 7103103, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TIO-540-A2C (registry code 41971, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-tio-540-a2c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-31
- Reported engine: LYCOMING TIO-540-A2C
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,154 total, 281 in this make and model, 90 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20181029024449I

## Narrative

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

ON 10/29/2018 AIRCRAFT N54WB S/N 31-8112001, A PIPER PA31 TWIN ENGINE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED COUNTRY AIR (1AR9) HEADED TO SEARCY (SRC) THE PILOT REPORTED WHEN GEAR HANDLE WAS SELECTED TO THE DOWN POSITION THE NOSE GEAR INDICATED DOWN AND LOCKED BUT THE MAINS DID NOT. SEVERAL ATTEMPTS WERE ON 10/29/2018 AIRCRAFT N54WB S/N 31-8112001, A PIPER PA-31 TWIN ENGINE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED COUNTRY AIR (1AR9) HEADED TO SEARCY (SRC) THE PILOT REPORTED WHEN GEAR HANDLE WAS SELECTED TO THE DOWN POSITION THE NOSE GEAR INDICATED DOWN AND LOCKED BUT THE MAINS DID NOT. SEVERAL ATTEMPTS WERE MADE TO CYCLE THE GEAR DOWN. THE PILOT ASKED ANOTHER PILOT IN THE AREA AT THE TIME TO CHECK FOR GEAR DOWN. HE REPORTED THE GEAR LOOKED DOWN BUT COULD NOT TELL IF IT WAS LOCKED. THE PILOT CONTACTED THE SEARCY AIRPORT. (NON-TOWERED) THE AIRPORT MANAGER THEN CONTACTED FIRE DEPARTMENT. THE PILOT DID A FLY-BY TO CONFIRM LANDING GEAR WAS NOT DOWN. LANDING GEAR WOULD NOT COME DOWN BY NORMAL OR EMERGENCE MEANS. THE PILOT LANDED GEAR-UP WITH NO INJURIES. THIS REPORT WILL BE AMENDED AS SONE AS THE LANDING GEAR CAN BE INSPECTED.

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