# Incident 19790714020759I: Piper PA30, Zephyrills, FL, July 14, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 14, 1979, 16:15 local time
- Place: Zephyrills, FL
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N8055Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8055Y) (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
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 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/19790714020759I

## Narrative

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

THE LANDING GEAR RETRACTED AFTER LANDING. NO MALFUNCTION IN LANDING GEAR SYSTEM FOUND.

## Other reports on N8055Y (1)

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

- [Accident 19990515030139A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990515030139A), May 15, 1999: Piper PA30 (N8055Y), Brooksville, FL, Substantial damage. (.19) On may 15, 1999, at 1220 eastern daylight time, a Piper PA-30, N8055Y, collided with the runway when the right main gear collapsed on landing at the…

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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