19780104001129I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA34200 · Dubuque, IA · January 4, 1978

Date
January 4, 1978 · 17:15 local
Place
Dubuque, IA
Airport
Municipal
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N4968T
Reported as
Piper PA34200
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,250 total50 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

Left gear collapsed after landing. Pilot unable to get safe light, failed to use emergency extension procedure.

As the FAA filed it

LEFT GEAR COLLAPSED AFTER LANDING.PILOT UNABLE TO GET SAFE LIGHT, FAILED TO USE EMERGENCY EXTENSION PROCEDURE.