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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA32/ · Grand Rapids, MI · March 12, 1978

Date
March 12, 1978 · 18:53 local
Place
Grand Rapids, MI
Airport
Kent Co International
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N30TR
Reported as
Piper PA32/
People aboard
5
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
200 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.

Pilot unable to lock gear after alternator failure. Left main was found to be binding.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT UNABLE TO LOCK GEAR AFTER ALTERNATOR FAILURE.LEFT MAIN WAS FOUND TO BE BINDING.