# Accident 20200604009629A: Piper PA-28R-201T, Corpus Christi, TX, June 4, 2020

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 4, 2020, 11:30 local time
- Place: Corpus Christi, TX
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.7722° N, 97.5025° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.7722&lon=-97.5025&mi=10
- Aircraft: N533K, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N533K) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-201T (registry code 7102813, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-201t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-360 series (registry code 17019, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28R-201T
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-360 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 308 total, 148 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN20CA212](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN20CA212) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200604009629A

## Narrative

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

ON 06/04/2020 AT 1130 CDT, A PIPER PA-28R-201T AIRCRAFT BEARING REGISTRATION NUMBER N533K, REGISTERED TO THE PRIVATE OWNER, GEAR COLLAPSED ON RUNWAY DURING LANDING AT CORPUS CHRISTI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (CRP), CORPUS CHRISTI, TX.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED ON A PART 91 FLIGHT.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE, AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM BOERNE STAGE AIRFIELD (5C1), BOERNE, TX ON 06/04/2020 AT 1000 CDT.

RECOVERY CREW RAISED AIRCRAFT WITH BELLY BANDS DURING RECOVERY AND STATED LANDING GEAR CONTROL CIRCUIT BREAKER WAS DISCOVERED OPEN.  RECOVERY CREW STATED CIRCUIT BREAKER WAS RESET, AIRCRAFT BATTERY SWITCH WAS THEN POSITIONED TO ON AND LANDING GEAR LOWERED AS NORMAL AND CIRCUIT BREAKER REMAINED IN PLACE FOR DURATION OF TOWING PROCEDURE TO HANGER.

AT NTSB REQUEST, IIC TRAVELED TO CRP ON 06/11/2020, AND OBSERVED PART 145 REPAIR STATION PERSONNEL PERFORM LANDING GEAR OPERATIONS IN BOTH NORMAL AND EMERGENCY MODE. ALL THREE LANDING GEAR RAISED AND LOWERED AND CIRCUIT BREAKER DID NOT OPEN DURING OPERATION.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CEN20CA212](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN20CA212), Jun 4, 2020: Piper PA28R (N533K), Corpus Cristi, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to utilze the emergency landing gear extension procedure after a short-circuit within the normal landing gear system, which resulted in a landing gear collapse during landing.

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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