# Incident 20190322001799I: Piper PA-24-250, Naples, FL, March 22, 2019

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 22, 2019, 09:45 local time
- Place: Naples, FL
- Airport: Naples Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.1524° N, 81.7756° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NAPLES MUNI (APF), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.1524&lon=-81.7756&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5995P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5995P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-250 (registry code 7102404, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-24-250
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-540 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190322001799I

## Narrative

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

03/22/2019 - NOTIFICATION WAS RECEIVED. NAPLES, FL N599P, PA24, PERFOMING TOUCH AND GO, GEAR PARTIALLY EXTENDED, SO PILOT CHOSE TO LAND GEARUP.

THE FOLLOWING IS A SUMMARY OF THE PILOT STATEMENT: AS THE AIRCRAFT SLOWED, I ALSO PUT IN 18° FLAPS (SECOND POSITION) AND SET THE PROPELLER TO HIGH RPM BUT DID NOT COMPLETE THE REMAINING ELEMENTS OF CONFIGURING THE AIRCRAFT FOR LANDING SINCE I NOTICED THERE WAS NO GREEN GEAR DOWN AND LOCKED LIGHT WHILE SETTING THE PROPELLER.  MY FIRST ACTION AT THAT POINT WAS A QUICK CHECK THAT THE NAVIGATION LIGHTS WERE OFF SINCE WHEN THEY ARE ON THE GEAR POSITION INDICATOR LIGHTS ARE VERY DIM AND CANNOT BE SEEN IN DAYLIGHT. MY 2ND ACTION WAS TO LOOK AT THE GEAR EXTENSION LEVER AND I VERIFIED THAT IT WAS NOT FULLY FORWARD, BUT ALSO THAT THERE WAS NOT SOMETHING ON THE FLOOR BLOCKING ITS TRAVEL. THAT CONFIRMED AND NEAR THE THRESHOLD AND ABOUT 150 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND I ADDED POWER AND CALLED THE TOWER TO REPORT THE LANDING GEAR PROBLEM. I ASKED THE TOWER IF THEY COULD LOOK AT THE GEAR AS I MADE A LOW PASS ON THE RUNWAY ALIGNMENT.  THEY DID AND INDICATED THE GEAR APPEARED TO BE PARTIALLY EXTENDED. THEY ASKED MY INTENTIONS AND I STATED THAT I WOULD FLY OUT TO THE EAST AND TRY TO RECYCLE THE GEAR. I ADDED POWER, PITCHED UP AND RAISED THE FLAPS IN A MORE OR LESS STANDARD GO AROUND PROCEDURE.  DURING THAT PROCEDURE I MOVED THE GEAR SELECTOR SWITCH TO THE UP POSITION AND THE GEAR RETRACTED NORMALLY. WHEN THE AIRCRAFT WAS ESTABLISHED IN A CLIMB, I TRIED TO LOWER THE GEAR AGAIN WITH THE SAME RESULT, BUT DURING THE RETRACTION I AM NOT SURE THE YELLOW FULLY RETRACTED LIGHT CAME ON.  THE TOWER INDICATED THAT I SHOULD MONITOR THE TOWER FREQUENCY AND KEEP THEM ADVISED OF MY SITUATION.  THEY ALSO INDICATED THERE WAS TRAFFIC IN THE AREA, SOME OF WHICH THEY WERE NOT TALKING TO.  THEY GAVE ME AN ADVISORY FOR SOME SPECIFIC TRAFFIC ON A CONVERGING COURSE AT APPROXIMATELY THE SAME ALTITUDE. I ADVISED THE TOWER I HAD THE TRAFFIC VISUALLY AND WOULD AVOID.

EMERGENCY PROCEDURES WERE ACCOMPLISHED, NO HELP. AIRCRAFT LANDED ON RUNWAY 32 WITH THE GEAR PARTIALLY EXTENDED. THE AIRPLANE WAS RECOVERED AND MOVED TO THE REXAIR MAINTENANCE HANGAR.

## Other reports on N5995P (1)

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

- [Incident 20060316005819I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060316005819I), Mar 16, 2006: Piper PA24250 (N5995P), Tampa, FL, Minor damage. (-23) On March 16, 2006, at 1315 eastern standard time, a Piper PA-24-400, registered to [privacy data omitted] landed at Vandenberg Airport (vdf). Upon…

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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