# Incident 20211104018929I: New Piper Aircraft Inc PA-32R-301, New Castle, DE, November 4, 2021

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 4, 2021, 10:09 local time
- Place: New Castle, DE
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.6700° N, 75.5665° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of New Castle, DE, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.6700&lon=-75.5665&mi=10
- Aircraft: N241SE, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N241SE) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: New Piper PA-32R-301 (registry code 7104307, https://openairdocs.org/model/new-piper-pa-32r-301) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540-K1G5 (registry code 41674, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-k1g5) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: NEW PIPER AIRCRAFT INC PA-32R-301
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 13,000 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20211104018929I

## Narrative

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

UPON LEVEL OFF PILOT NOTICED GEAR WAS NOT UP AND LOCKED AND THREE GREEN LIGHTS NOT DISPLAYED. NOTICED LANDING GEAR CONTROL CIRCUIT BREAKER TRIPPED. SELECTED LANDING GEAR HANDLE TO THE DOWN POSITION, RESET TRIP CIRCUIT BREAKER AND BREAKER IMMEDIATELY TRIPPED. PILOT REQUESTED NEW CASTLE AIRPORT (ILG) CONTROL TOWER VISUALLY OBSERVE LANDING GEAR POSITION DURING LOW PASS AND THE TOWER IDENTIFIED THE LANDING GEAR APPEARED TO BE DOWN "AND LOCKED. BOTH THE LANDING GEAR CONTROL CIRCUIT BREAKER AND THE PUMP

CIRCUIT BREAKER WERE PULLED AND EMERGENCY GEAR PLUNGER PULLED  IN ACCORDANCE WITH POH/EMR. UPON REDUCING SPEED, NOSE GEAR APPEARED TO TOUCHDOWN NORMALLY BUT SHORTLY THEREAFTER CONTINUED TO FALL AWAY UNTIL PROP STRUCK. MINOR DAMAGE TO NOSE LANDING GEAR DOORS, ENGINE AND PROP REMOVED FOR INSPECTION/REPAIR.

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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