# Incident 20241011016209I: Piper PA-24-250, Scottsbluff, NE, October 11, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 11, 2024, 10:24 local time
- Place: Scottsbluff, NE
- Airport: Western Nebraska Regional/William
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.8681° N, 103.6607° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Scottsbluff, NE, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.8681&lon=-103.6607&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5670P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5670P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-250 (registry code 7102404, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-24-250
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 177 total, 128 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20241011016209I

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT STATED THE FOLLOWING: "UPON TURNING THE PLANE ON AND GOING THROUGH MY CHECKLIST I NOTICED THE GEAR SWITCH IN THE NEUTRAL POSITION. I PROCEEDED TO PUT IT IN THE "UP" POSITION AND BEGAN TO TAXI. AFTER TAXIING TO RWY 30 VIA ALPHA > BRAVO I STARTED MY RUN UP PROCEDURE. EVERYTHING CHECKED OUT AND I PROCEEDED TO LINE UP ON RWY 30. I MADE MY FINAL CALLS AND APPLIED FULL POWER AND STARTED MY TAKEOFF ROLL., ONCE I REACHED ROTATE SPEED I BEGAN TO APPLY BACK PRESSURE. THIS IS WHEN THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED ON TAKEOFF. I FELT MY REAR SMACK THE RUNWAY, I KNEW MY PROP HAD NOT STRUCK THE GROUND SO I KEPT POWER IN AND STARTED TO CLIMB. I CALLED KBFF EXPLAINING I THOUGHT I HAD A GEAR FAILURE. WHEN I HIT THE RUNWAY ON TAKEOFF I LOOKED AT MY GEAR SWITCH AND REALIZED THE ERROR THAT I MADE AND NOW CAUSED. I DID 2 LOW PASSES ON RWY 05 SO THAT SOMEONE ON THE GROUND COULD INSPECT THE GEAR. SEEING THAT NOTHING CHANGED FROM ITS CURRENT STATE I PROCEEDED TO FLY NORTH AND GAIN SOME ALTITUDE TO BEGIN AN EMERGENCY GEAR DOWN PROCEDURE. AFTER EXHAUSTING EVERYTHING I COULD DO I BEGAN MY FLIGHT BACK TO KBFF WHILE KEEPING THEM INFORMED DURING THIS TIME. I WAS INFORMED TO LAND RWY 23 AND IF POSSIBLE AFTER THE INTERSECTING RWY. I PROCEEDED TO RWY 23 AND WHEN I KNEW I HAD THE INTERSECTING RWY MADE, I PULLED MIXTURE AND LET THE ENGINE DIE WHILE GLIDING IT IN FOR TOUCHDOWN."

## Other reports on N5670P (1)

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

- [Incident 19780704042019I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780704042019I), Jul 4, 1978: Piper PA24250 (N5670P), College Place, WA, Minor damage. Pilot lowered gear but did not extend due to electrical failure. Failed to check position and landed 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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