# Accident 19791206037339A: Piper PA30, Chandler, AZ, December 6, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 6, 1979, 11:00 local time
- Place: Chandler, AZ
- Airport: Stellar
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.3062° N, 111.8413° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Chandler, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.3062&lon=-111.8413&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7420Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7420Y) (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: 4,237 total, 116 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX80DUJ16](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80DUJ16) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791206037339A

## Narrative

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

LANDING GEAR WIRES DAMAGED BY FOREIGN OBJECT. GEAR WOULD NOT RETRACT. CRANKED GEAR DOWN. GEAR COLLAPSED ON LANDING.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB LAX80DUJ16](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80DUJ16), Dec 6, 1979: Piper PA-30 (N7420Y), Chandler, AZ, substantial damage

## Other reports on N7420Y (2)

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

- [Incident 20211029022439I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20211029022439I), Oct 29, 2021: Piper PA-30 (N7420Y), Allendale, SC, Minor damage. 1 Hour into flight after gas stop, right engine oil pressure dropped. Feathered engine and diversion to chs was requested. Aircraft would not hold altitude.…
- [Incident 19880811055849I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880811055849I), Aug 11, 1988: Piper PA30 (N7420Y), Pittsburgh, PA. Forced landing at Allegheny when the right engine ran out of gas and quit. Left tank had a little over 2 gallons.

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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