# Incident 19800327043109I: Piper PA31, Elmira, NY, March 27, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 27, 1980, 15:20 local time
- Place: Elmira, NY
- Airport: Chemung Co
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: CRAA
- Location: 42.0934° N, 76.8096° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Elmira, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.0934&lon=-76.8096&mi=10
- Aircraft: N59111 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,111 total, 450 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/19800327043109I

## Narrative

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

LANDING GEAR HORN SOUNDED DURING LANDING. FOUND NOSE GEAR DOWN LOCK SWITCH OUT OF ADJUSTMENT.

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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