# Incident 20190425003389I: Piper PA-32R-301, Sanford, NC, April 25, 2019

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 25, 2019, 19:00 local time
- Place: Sanford, NC
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.4799° N, 79.1803° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sanford, NC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.4799&lon=-79.1803&mi=10
- Aircraft: N25WE, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N25WE) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32R-301 (registry code 7103218, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32r-301) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-32R-301
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-540 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 486 total, 3 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190425003389I

## Narrative

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

DURING THE PRE FLIGHT OF THE AIRCRAFT THE PILOT NOTED THAT THE GEAR POSITION INDICATOR LIGHTS WERE DIM. HE DEPARTED FROM KBUY AND FLEW TO KTTA. DURING HIS PATTERN HE STATED THAT HE COMPLETED HIS BEFORE LANDING CHECK, AGAIN NOTING THAT THE GEAR POSITION INDICATOR LIGHTS WERE DIM. HE CONTINUED ON THE APPROACH. DURING THE FLAIR HE HEARD A SCRAPPING NOISE AND DECIDED TO EXECUTE A GO AROUND. HE BELIEVES THAT HE CHECKED THE GEAR HANDLE AND VERIFIED THAT IT WAS IN THE DOWN POSITION. HE THEN PUT THE GEAR UP AND NOTED THAT THE PLANE FELT SLUGGISH BUT OTHERWISE FINE. HE RETURNED TO KBUY AND IN THE PATTERN AGAIN NOTED THE GEAR POSITION INDICATOR LIGHTS WERE DIM SO HE EXITED THE PATTERN AND PERFORMED THE EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSION CHECKLIST. NO CHANGE. HE DECIDED TO FLY TO GSO TO HAVE THE TOWER VISUALLY VERIFY THAT THE GEAR WAS DOWN. GSO INFORMED HIM THAT IT APPEARED DOWN. HE RETURNED TO KBUY WITH THE GEAR DOWN AND LANDED WITH NO INCIDENT. UPON EXITING THE AIRCRAFT HE NOTED THAT THE STEP WAS MISSING AND THAT THE PROP BLADES WERE BENT.

## Other reports on N25WE (1)

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

- [Accident 20180514005369A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180514005369A), May 14, 2018: Piper PA-32R-301 (N25WE), Cape Carteret, NC, Substantial damage. N25WE approached to land on runway 24 at 60NC. The aircraft came over the obstacle and touched down just 60 feet beyond the displaced threshold on a runway of…

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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