# Incident 20201223017509I: Piper PA-24, Daytona Beach, FL, December 23, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 23, 2020, 17:50 local time
- Place: Daytona Beach, FL
- Airport: Daytona Beach International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.1799° N, 81.0580° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DAYTONA BEACH INTL (DAB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.1799&lon=-81.0580&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8089P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8089P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24 (registry code 7102402, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-24
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 3,500 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20201223017509I

## Narrative

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

ON DECEMBER 23, 2020 THE PILOT DEPARTED PALM COAST AIRPORT FOR SPRUCE CREEK AIRPORT. WHILE TRYING TO LAND AT THE AIRPORT THE PILOT NOTICED THE LANDING WAS OFF THE UN-LOCKS BUT DID NOT GET THE GREEN LANDING GEAR LIGHT. THE PILOT DID NOT GET THE NORMAL ALARM OR HORN WHEN RETARDING THE THROTTLE. THE PILOT THEN TRIED TO CYCLE THE LANDING GEAR MULTIPLE TIMES AND THE LANDING GEAR WOULD NOT LOWER AND LOCK. THE PILOT THEN WENT THROUGH THE EMERGENCY LANDING GEAR PROCEDURES IN AN ATTEMPT TO LOWER AND LOCK THE LANDING GEAR MANUALLY WITH THE HANDLE. THE LANDING GEAR WOULD STILL NOT LOWER AND LOCK USING EMERGENCY PROCEDURES. THE PILOT CONTACTED MAINTENANCE GROUND SUPPORT IN AN ATTEMPT TO LOWER THE LANDING GEAR. THE LANDING GEAR STILL WOULD NOT LOWER AND LOCK AFTER MULTIPLE ATTEMPTS. AFTER IT BECAME EVIDENT THE LANDING GEAR WOULD NOT EXTEND AND LOCK THE PILOT DECIDED TO LAND GEAR UP AT DAYTONA BEACH AIRPORT AS SLOW AS POSSIBLE TO PREVENT DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT DETERMINED DAYTONA BEACH AIRPORT WAS THE BEST LOCATION TO LAND DUE TO EMERGENCY SERVICES ON-SITE. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED GEAR UP ON THE RUNWAY CAUSING THE PROPELLER TO BE BENT AND ABRASIONS AND SCRATCHES TO THE AIRFRAME BELLY WITH MINOR DAMAGE MAKING THIS AN INCIDENT. THE RIGHT LANDING ACTUATOR WAS SLIGHTLY BENT. THE PILOT AND PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED DURING THE GEAR UP LANDING.

## Other reports on N8089P (1)

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

- [Incident 20030524014959I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030524014959I), May 24, 2003: Piper PA24 (N8089P), Live Oak, FL, Minor damage. (-23) On may 24, 2003, at 20:00 local time, a PA-24, N8089P, registered to robert e. kendig, landed gear up at kitty hawk estates in Live Oak Florida while on…

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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