# Incident 20200425004569I: Piper PA-24-250, Yukon, OK, April 25, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 25, 2020, 13:00 local time
- Place: Yukon, OK
- Airport: Sundance Airpark
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.6018° N, 97.7062° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Sundance Airpark (HSD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.6018&lon=-97.7062&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7910P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7910P) (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
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,811 total, 1,697 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200425004569I

## Narrative

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

ON APRIL 25, 2020, A PIPER COMANCHE PA-24-250 WAS FLOWN FROM WILEY POST AIRPORT (KPWA), BETHANY, OKLAHOMA TO SUNDANCE AIRPARK (KHSD), YUKON, OKLAHOMA TO OBTAIN FUEL.  NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED, NO WEATHER BRIEFING WAS OBTAINED AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS FLOWN VFR FOR THE ESTIMATED 5 MINUTE FLIGHT.  UPON ARRIVING AT KHSD, THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITH GEAR UP ON THE RUNWAY. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED AND NO OTHER OCCUPANTS WERE ABOARD THE AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT WAS INTERVIEWED AND SUBMITTED A WRITTEN STATEMENT IN WHICH HE STATED ON FINAL APPROACH HE LOWERED THE LANDING GEAR AND OBTAINED A GREEN LIGHT INDICATING HIS GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED. UPON LANDING, THE PROPELLER STRUCK THE RUNWAY AND AT THIS POINT, THE PILOT STATED HE BELIEVED THE LANDING GEAR MUST NOT HAVE FULLY EXTENDED DESPITE THE GREEN LIGHT DOWN AND LOCKED INDICATION IN THE COCKPIT. HE THEN EXITED THE AIRCRAFT AND EXAMINED THE LANDING GEAR AND FOUND THE GEAR WAS PARTIALLY EXTENDED AND NOT IN THE WHEEL WELL. ONCE THE AIRCRAFT WAS ELEVATED ON AIR BAGS AS A PART OF THE AIRCRAFT RECOVERY, THE PILOT STATED HE RESET THE LANDING GEAR CIRCUIT BREAKER, WHICH HAD POPPED, AND THE GREEN LANDING GEAR LIGHT APPEARED INDICATING THE LANDING GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED WHEN IN ACTUALITY IT WAS NOT. THE LANDING GEAR WAS THEN LOWERED WITHOUT PROBLEMS AND TOWED TO A HANGAR.

UPON INVESTIGATION, THE EVIDENCE SUPPORTS THAT THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITH THE GEAR IN THE RETRACTED POSITION.  THIS FINDING IS SUPPORTED BY INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT DAMAGE WHICH SUPPORTS THE GEAR BEING FULLY RETRACTED DUE TO NO DAMAGE BEING SUSTAINED TO THE MAIN LANDING GEAR DOORS, STRUTS, OR WHEELS WHICH WOULD BE APPARENT HAD THE LANDING GEAR BEEN EVEN PARTIALLY IN THE DOWN POSITION. THERE WAS ALSO NO DAMAGE SUSTAINED TO THE NOSE LANDING GEAR DOOR, STRUT, AND WHEEL, WHICH IS AGAIN CONSISTENT WITH THE LANDING GEAR BEING IN THE RETRACTED POSITION.

## Other reports on N7910P (1)

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

- [Accident 20230813013789A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230813013789A), Aug 13, 2023: Piper PA-24-250 (N7910P), Oklahoma City, OK, Substantial damage. A/c was enroute from north Texas regional airport (kgyi) to wiley post airport (kpwa) when it experienced a loss of power. At approximately 1250 local time,…

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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