# Incident 19790925049999I: Piper PA30, Lompoc, CA, September 25, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 25, 1979, 16:15 local time
- Place: Lompoc, CA
- Airport: Vandenberg Afb
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.6627° N, 120.4708° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lompoc, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.6627&lon=-120.4708&mi=10
- Aircraft: N33SS, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N33SS) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 378 total, 29 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/19790925049999I

## Narrative

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

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 19800909089669I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800909089669I), Sep 9, 1980: Piper PA30 (N33SS), Vandenberg, CA, Minor damage. Pilot extended the gear, but failed to check for safe indication. The cb had popped before full extension.

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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