19781020029169I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-31-350 · Reedsville, PA · October 20, 1978

Date
October 20, 1978 · 13:45 local
Place
Reedsville, PA
Airport
Mifflin Co
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N63737
Reported as
Piper PA31350
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,250 total900 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.

Wheel caught the edge of a wheel well door on retraction and jammed. Got the gear down and safe by recycling.

As the FAA filed it

WHEEL CAUGHT THE EDGE OF A WHEEL WELL DOOR ON RETRACTION AND JAMMED. GOT THE GEAR DOWN AND SAFE BY RECYCLING.