# Incident 20240515005489I: Piper PA-28R-180, Peoria, IL, May 15, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 15, 2024, 11:51 local time
- Place: Peoria, IL
- Airport: General Downing - Peoria International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.6642° N, 89.6933° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GENERAL DOWNING - PEORIA INTL (PIA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.6642&lon=-89.6933&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7650J, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7650J) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-180 (registry code 7102809, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28R-180
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240515005489I

## Narrative

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

PILOT LOWERED THE LANDING GEAR AND HEARD A LOUD NOISE.  PILOT PERFORMED A FLY-BY THE CONTROL TOWER AND GOT CONFIRMATION THAT THE LANDING GEAR WAS DOWN.  PILOT LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.  UPON POST FLIGHT INSPECTION, THE RH NLG DOOR WAS FOLDED TOWARDS THE REAR OF THE AIRCRAFT.  THE HINGE PIN FOR THE DOOR HAD MIGRATED OUT OF THE PIANO HINGE.

## Other reports on N7650J (1)

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

- [Incident 20230921015009I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230921015009I), Sep 21, 2023: Piper PA-28R-180 (N7650J), Saginaw, MI, Minor damage. On September 21, 2023 at 1725 local time, a Piper PA-28R-180 aircraft, [privacy data omitted], operated by a private pilot, received minor damage following a…

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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