# Incident 20230711011649I: Piper PA-32R-301, Fort Pierce, FL, July 11, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 11, 2023, 11:28 local time
- Place: Fort Pierce, FL
- Airport: Treasure Coast International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.4975° N, 80.3726° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TREASURE COAST INTL (FPR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.4975&lon=-80.3726&mi=10
- Aircraft: N82255, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N82255) (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: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 16,600 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230711011649I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT ON APPROACH TO FPR, PILOT DID NOT GET POSITIVE INDICATION OF THE RIGHT GEAR EXTENSION.  PILOT WORKED THE CHECK LIST AND WAS UNABLE TO EXTEND THE RIGHT GEAR.  AIRCRAFT CHECKED IN WITH FPR TOWER, DECLARED AN EMERGENCY WITH 1 POB AND 4 HOURS OF FUEL.

PILOT WAS HELD OUT UNTIL CRASH TRUCKS POSITIONED. PILOT EXECUTED AN APPROACH WITH TOWER TO RUNWAY 28L. AIRCRAFT LANDED AND SKIDDED TO A STOP ON RUNWAY 28L JUST SHORT OF TAXIWAY A3. NO POST LANDING FIRE. PILOT EXITED AIRCRAFT UNASSISTED AND UNHARMED. ARFF AND AIRPORT PERSONNEL ARRIVED ON SCENE.

DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT IS LIMITED TO THE RIGHT AILERON, RIGHT FLAP AND RIGHT WING TIP.

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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