20241211019969A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-28R-200 · Crystal, MN · December 11, 2024

Date
December 11, 2024 · 18:03 local
Place
Crystal, MN
Airport
Crystal Airport
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N4823F
NTSB investigation
NTSBCEN25LA061
Reported as
Piper PA-28R-200
Reported engine
Lycoming I0360 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
377 total377 in this make and model27 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

The pilot stated the flight was normal until he selected the gear down, he received the "intransit light" and never received the normal "three green" lights indicating the gear was in the down and locked position. The pilot attempted to yaw the aircraft to get the gear to fully extend to the down and locked position but was unsuccessful and did not get a down and locked indication, the pilot cycled the gear several times and was unsuccessful getting the gear down and lock indication. The pilot did a flyby of the tower and was informed that the gear appeared to be down. The pilot landed on runway 32 at which time the main gear collasped and the plane slid off the runway strking one runway light and two taxi lights as it departed the runway. The aircraft sustained most of the damage to the left wing from contact with the runway and taxi lights.

As the FAA filed it

THE PILOT STATED THE FLIGHT WAS NORMAL UNTIL HE SELECTED THE GEAR DOWN, HE RECEIVED THE "INTRANSIT LIGHT" AND NEVER RECEIVED THE NORMAL "THREE GREEN" LIGHTS INDICATING THE GEAR WAS IN THE DOWN AND LOCKED POSITION. THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO YAW THE AIRCRAFT TO GET THE GEAR TO FULLY EXTEND TO THE DOWN AND LOCKED POSITION BUT WAS UNSUCCESSFUL AND DID NOT GET A DOWN AND LOCKED INDICATION, THE PILOT CYCLED THE GEAR SEVERAL TIMES AND WAS UNSUCCESSFUL GETTING THE GEAR DOWN AND LOCK INDICATION. THE PILOT DID A FLYBY OF THE TOWER AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE GEAR APPEARED TO BE DOWN. THE PILOT LANDED ON RUNWAY 32 AT WHICH TIME THE MAIN GEAR COLLASPED AND THE PLANE SLID OFF THE RUNWAY STRKING ONE RUNWAY LIGHT AND TWO TAXI LIGHTS AS IT DEPARTED THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MOST OF THE DAMAGE TO THE LEFT WING FROM CONTACT WITH THE RUNWAY AND TAXI LIGHTS.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.