# Accident 19731026036859A: Piper PA30, Watsonville, CA, October 26, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 26, 1973
- Place: Watsonville, CA
- Airport: Watsonville
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Location: 36.9357° N, 121.7896° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WATSONVILLE MUNI (WVI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.9357&lon=-121.7896&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7959Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7959Y-2003-08-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-30 (registry code 7103002, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-320 series (registry code 41509, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA30
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,495 total, 452 in this make and model, 105 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK74FVM12](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK74FVM12) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19731026036859A

## Narrative

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

LANDING GEAR RETRACT ARM PN21012-03 FAILED

## 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 OAK74FVM12](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK74FVM12), Oct 26, 1973: Piper PA-30 (N7959Y), Watsonville, CA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N7959Y (2)

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

- [Accident 19890606014439A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890606014439A), Jun 6, 1989: Piper PA30 (N7959Y), Bristow, OK, Substantial damage. Ran main tanks dry. Unable restart by switching tanks. Crashed into trees. Fuel in outboard and tip tanks.
- [Incident 19870201013199I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870201013199I), Feb 1, 1987: Piper PA30 (N7959Y), Chandler, AZ, Minor damage. Aircraft struck unlighted light standard on final and landed short. Pilot elected not to use VASI.

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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