# Incident 20181217021769I: Piper PA-28R-180, Webster, TX, December 17, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 17, 2018, 18:00 local time
- Place: Webster, TX
- Airport: Ellington Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.6073° N, 95.1587° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ELLINGTON (EFD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.6073&lon=-95.1587&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7579J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7579J-2019-08-20) (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: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 945 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20181217021769I

## Narrative

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

PILOT WAS LANDING AT ELLINGTON FIELD ON 12/17/2018 WHEN HE LANDED WITH THE GEAR UP. PILOT STATED THAT HE PUT THE GEAR DOWN FELT IT RELEASE AND SAW THREE GREEN ?DOWN AND LOCKED? LIGHT ILLUMUNIATE. THE NEXT THING HE KNEW HE WAS SKIDDING DOWN THE RUNWAY. THE LANDING GEAR DOORS WERE STILL CLOSED AND APPEARED NEVER TRIED TO OPEN.  ONCE THE AIRCRAFT WAS RECOVERED IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE LANDING GEAR MOTOR AND WARNING SYSTEM CIRCUIT BREAKER HAD POPPED. IT IS A FLUSH MOUNTED BREAKER AND ONLY POPPED OUT SLIGHTLY. THE BREAKER MIGHT HAVE POPPED RIGHT AFTER LANDING GEAR RETRACTION OR RIGHT AFTER THE PILOT PLACED THE GEAR HANDLE IN THE DOWN POSISTION, ETHER WAY THE PILOT WOULD NOT HAVE HAD POWER TO THE DOWN AND LOCK GEAR LIGHTS. THE CHECK LIST THAT WAS FOUND IN THE COCKPIT WAS STOWED IN THE LEFT DOCUMENT POUCH ALONG WITH OTHER ITEMS BY THE PILOT?S KNEE. THE WAY IT WAS STOWED REQUIRED YOU TO REMOVE THE PITOT COVER FIRST BEFORE YOU CAN REMOVE THE CHECK LIST, WHICH COULD MEAN THE CHECK LIST WAS NEVER REMOVED DURING THE FLIGHT.

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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