# Incident 19780604041859I: Piper PA31, Middletown, PA, June 4, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 4, 1978, 14:00 local time
- Place: Middletown, PA
- Airport: Harrisburg International
- Phase of flight: Initial Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 40.1932° N, 76.7626° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HARRISBURG INTL (MDT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1932&lon=-76.7626&mi=10
- Aircraft: N165YS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N165YS-1989-03-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31-310 (registry code 7103102, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31-310) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,200 total, 430 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780604041859I

## Narrative

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

PILOT HAD DIFFICUTLY GETTING GEAR DOWN INDICATION. RECYCLED FOR THREE GREEN. LATCH NEEDED CLEANING, LUBE.

## Other reports on N165YS (1)

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

- [Accident 19870703034309A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870703034309A), Jul 3, 1987: Piper PA31 (N165YS), Ambergris Cay, TK, Substantial damage. The engines failed from fuel exhaustion. The aircraft was ditched in the ocean. Pilot miscalculated fuel reserve.

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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