# Incident 20220324004169I: Piper PA-32R-301, Savannah, GA, March 24, 2022

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 24, 2022, 21:55 local time
- Place: Savannah, GA
- Airport: Savannah/Hilton Head International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.1276° N, 81.2021° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SAVANNAH/HILTON HEAD INTL (SAV), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.1276&lon=-81.2021&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8843Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8843Y) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32R-301 (registry code 7103218, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32r-301) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-32R-301
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-540 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 616 total, 40 in this make and model, 17 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220324004169I

## Narrative

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

03/24/2022 N8843Y A PA32R-301 SERIAL NUMBER 32R-8013061 TRAVELING FROM CHARLESTON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (CHS) TO SAVANNAH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (SAV) DEPARTED CHS AND EXPERIENCED NO GEAR RETRACTION AFTER ROTATION. PILOT STATED HE WAS ABLE TO TROUBLESHOOT THE GEAR AND FOUND THE 5 AMP BREAKER FOR THE GEAR INDICATOR LIGHTS TRIPPED.  PILOT ALSO STATED AN ATTEMPT TO RESET THE BREAKER FAILED RESULTING IN PANEL LIGHT FLICKER, A SPIKE IN THE AMP METER AND NO GEAR RETRACTION.  PILOT REFERRED TO THE EMERGENCY CHECKLIST AND ATTEMPTED TO EXECUTE A FREE FALL OF THE GEAR, STILL NO DOWN AND LOCKED INDICATION.  A SECOND ATTEMPT OF THE EMERGENCY PROCEDURES HAD THE SAME RESULTS. ENTERING INTO SAV AIRSPACE PIC ADVISE APPROACH OF THE UNSAFE GEAR CONDITION.  APPROACH CLEARED N8843Y FOR LANDING ON RWY 28. AIRCRAFT CONTACTED RUNWAY MOMENTARILY ON THE WHEELS THEN GEAR FOLDED UNDER AIRCRAFT RESULTING IN PROP STRIKING GROUND FOLLOWED BY FUSELAGE AND FLAPS.  AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST ON RWY28 AND PIC EXITED THE AIRCRAFT WITH NO INJURIES.

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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