# Incident 20201230019859I: Piper PA-24-260, Brookhaven, NY, December 30, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 30, 2020, 12:00 local time
- Place: Brookhaven, NY
- Airport: Brookhaven
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.8220° N, 72.8669° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BROOKHAVEN (HWV), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8220&lon=-72.8669&mi=10
- Aircraft: N33DN, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N33DN) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-260 (registry code 7102406, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-260) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-24-260
- Reported engine: LYCOMING TI0-540 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20201230019859I

## Narrative

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

PILOT/OWNER WAS FLYING FORMATION FLYING WITH ANOTHER PIPER COMANCHE. DURING PRACTICE GO AROUND AT HWV UPON GEAR RETRACTION NOTICED GEAR CIRCUIT BREAKER TRIPPED. PILOT FLEW TO THE SOUTH PRACTICE AREA AND ATTEMPTED TO EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR. THE PILOT OF THE OTHER AIRCRAFT NOTICED THAT THE RIGHT NOSE LANDING GEAR DOOR WAS INTERFERING WITH THE MOTION OF THE LANDING GEAR SYSTEM. AFTER ATTEMPTING SEVERAL TIMES TO EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR IT WAS DECIDED TO LAND THE AIRCRAFT GEAR UP.

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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