# Incident 20250504005589I: Piper PA-24, New Bern, NC, May 4, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 4, 2025, 19:58 local time
- Place: New Bern, NC
- Airport: Coastal Carolina Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.0729° N, 77.0430° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at COASTAL CAROLINA RGNL (EWN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.0729&lon=-77.0430&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6616P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6616P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24 (registry code 7102402, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-24
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 33,000 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250504005589I

## Narrative

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

WHILE ON APPROACH INTO COASTAL CAROLINA REGIONAL AIRPORT (KEWN), THE PILOT DID NOT RECEIVE A GREEN GEAR POSITION INDICATOR WHEN SELECTING THE GEAR DOWN. THEY THEN RECYCLED THE GEAR, STILL NO GREEN INDICATION. THEY COMPLETED THE EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSION PROCEDURE, AND STILL DID NOT RECEIVE A GREEN INDICATION THAT THE GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED. THEY FLEW BY THE TOWER MULTIPLE TIMES. THE TOWER INDICATED TO THE PILOT THAT THE GEAR APPEARED TO BE DOWN. WITH THE TOWERS STATEMENT, THE PILOT LANDED THE PLANE. UPON WHEELS TOUCHING DOWN ON THE RUNWAY THE GEAR COLLAPSED. THE AIRCRAFT SLID ON ITS FUSELAGE TO A STOP ON THE RUNWAY.

## Other reports on N6616P (1)

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

- [Incident 20170729015519I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170729015519I), Jul 29, 2017: Piper PA-24 (N6616P), Oskaloosa, IA, Minor damage. The pilot reported that upon rotation the landing gear did not retract properly. A "burnt smell" was noted in the cockpit. The pilot attempted to extend the…

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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