# Incident 19790104003089I: Piper PA31, Jamaica, NY, January 4, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 4, 1979, 22:30 local time
- Place: Jamaica, NY
- Airport: International
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: AAE
- Location: 40.6915° N, 73.8057° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Jamaica, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.6915&lon=-73.8057&mi=10
- Aircraft: N62994, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N62994-1989-03-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31-350 (registry code 7103110, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31-350) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31
- People aboard: 8
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,000 total, 300 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/19790104003089I

## Narrative

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

RECEIVED UNSAFE GEAR LIGHT, RIGHT MAIN GEAR. ON TOUCHDOWN UNSAFE LIGHT WENT OUT. CAUSE UNDETERMINED.

## Other reports on N62994 (3)

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

- [Accident 19850917050869A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850917050869A), Sep 17, 1985: Piper PA31350 (N62994), Pittsburgh, PA, Substantial damage. Struck a tree during forced landing on a golf course. Fuel sulpply exhausted.
- [Incident 19850111008719I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850111008719I), Jan 11, 1985: Piper PA31350 (N62994), Manville, NJ. Lost all radios en route. Descended and found airport. Radio master circuit breaker went bad.
- [Incident 19811227085039I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811227085039I), Dec 27, 1981: Piper PA31350 (N62994), Lancaster, PA. Zk gear lever jammed in up position on takeoff. Passenger helped used aux gear system. Detente cam jammed PN763207.

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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