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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-30 · Lompoc, CA · September 25, 1979

Date: September 25, 1979 · 16:15 local
Place: Lompoc, CA
Airport: Vandenberg Afb
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N33SS
Reported as: Piper PA30
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 378 total29 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

N33SSRegistered now · Piper PA-30S/N 30-1104 · Built 1966 Airframe modelPiper PA-30 Engine modelLycoming IO-320 seriesReciprocating

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.

Aircraft bounced, then gear collapsed. Pilot may have retracted the gear in attempt to go around.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT BOUNCED, THEN GEAR COLLAPSED. PILOT MAY HAVE RETRACTED THE GEAR IN ATTEMPT TO GO AROUND.

Other reports on N33SS · 1

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

Incident 19800909089669ILevel Off Touchdown · Vandenberg, CAPilot extended the gear, but failed to check for safe indication. The cb had popped before full extension.Sep 9, 1980 · Minor damage