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Unable to get gear down indication even though tower reported gear down, piper pilot lands and gear collapses on runway.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 446692 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199908 |
| Day | Fri |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : rdu.airport |
| State Reference | NC |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : rdu.tower |
| Operator | general aviation : personal |
| Make Model Name | PA-24 Comanche |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | landing : roll |
| Route In Use | approach : visual |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | other |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument pilot : multi engine pilot : private |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 75 flight time total : 2950 flight time type : 15 |
| ASRS Report | 446692 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | government : faa |
| Function | controller : local |
| Qualification | controller : non radar |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical ground encounters : gear up landing maintenance problem : improper maintenance non adherence : far |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | controller : provided flight assist flight crew : landed in emergency condition |
| Consequence | other other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Maintenance Human Performance Aircraft Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
Could not get down and locked gear after 3 tries. Asked the tower for a visual check and they said 3 were down. Landed on mains. Felt good, but nose retracted pulling mains up. Propeller hit runway, slid to a stop and exited aircraft. Aircraft was well maintained. Seems that this would happen even if owner was in plane.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: UNABLE TO GET GEAR DOWN INDICATION EVEN THOUGH TWR RPTED GEAR DOWN, PIPER PLT LANDS AND GEAR COLLAPSES ON RWY.
Narrative: COULD NOT GET DOWN AND LOCKED GEAR AFTER 3 TRIES. ASKED THE TWR FOR A VISUAL CHK AND THEY SAID 3 WERE DOWN. LANDED ON MAINS. FELT GOOD, BUT NOSE RETRACTED PULLING MAINS UP. PROP HIT RWY, SLID TO A STOP AND EXITED ACFT. ACFT WAS WELL MAINTAINED. SEEMS THAT THIS WOULD HAPPEN EVEN IF OWNER WAS IN PLANE.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.