# Accident 20241211019969A: Piper PA-28R-200, Crystal, MN, December 11, 2024

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 11, 2024, 18:03 local time
- Place: Crystal, MN
- Airport: Crystal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.0625° N, 93.3540° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.0625&lon=-93.3540&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4823F, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4823F) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-200 (registry code 7102811, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28R-200
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 377 total, 377 in this make and model, 27 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN25LA061](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25LA061) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20241211019969A

## Narrative

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

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.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CEN25LA061](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25LA061), Dec 12, 2024: Piper PA-28R-200 (N4823F), Crystal, MN, substantial damage. Probable cause: The malfunction of the landing gear system which resulted in a collapse of the main landing gear during the landing roll.

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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