# Incident 19790618021489I: Piper PA30, Manchester, NH, June 18, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 18, 1979, 19:00 local time
- Place: Manchester, NH
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.9956° N, 71.4548° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Manchester, NH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.9956&lon=-71.4548&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7455Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7455Y) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-30 (registry code 7103002, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-320 series (registry code 41509, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA30
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,450 total, 250 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/19790618021489I

## Narrative

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

PILOT UNABLE TO EXTEND THE GEAR, LANDED ON FOAMED RUNWAY. INSPECTION COULD NOT EXPALIN REASON FOR MALFUNCTION.

## Other reports on N7455Y (1)

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

- [Incident 19920423024169I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920423024169I), Apr 23, 1992: Piper PA30 (N7455Y), San Antonio, TX. Experienced total electrical failure en route. Landed at destination. Both alternators had failed internally.

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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